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. 2020 Aug:64:102233.
doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2020.102233. Epub 2020 Jun 25.

COVID-19 and Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI): Possible implications for elderly patients

Patrizia Spigaglia  1
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COVID-19 and Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI): Possible implications for elderly patients

Patrizia Spigaglia. Anaerobe. 2020 Aug.

Abstract

COVID-19 dramatically affects the elderly. Due to the large usage of antibiotics during the current pandemic and the gastrointestinal manifestations of COVID-19, the elderly population, hospitalized patients, residents in LTCFs and persons that survived the COVID-19 might be more prone to Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI). A renewed attention to CDI is necessary during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: Antibiotic; C. difficile; CDI; COVID-19; Elderly; Gastrointestinal symptoms.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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