A Tale of Two Healthcare-associated Infections: Clostridium difficile Coinfection Among Patients With Candidemia

Abstract

Candidemia and Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) are important healthcare-associated infections that share certain risk factors. We sought to describe candidemia-CDI coinfection using population-based surveillance data. We found that nearly 1 in 10 patients with candidemia had CDI coinfection.