Response to Skole et al.

[ ]at the current time, it remains unclear as to whether the risk of C difficile infection is increased after treatment of H pylori infection Dr Julie Gerberding, former head of the US Centers for Disease Control, has emphasized the relationship between viral pandemics, antibiotic use for secondary bacterial infections, and the unintended development of antibiotic resistance Studies indicate that nearly all patients hospitalized with COVID-19 receive antibiotics (9) [ ]the current COVID-19 pandemic may sow the seeds for the emergence of resistant pathogens