Gastroenterology

• In the Journals

• E. coli ST131 dominates health care-associated infections

• March 25, 2013
• Data from a retrospective cohort indicate that Escherichia coli sequence type 131 was the dominant clonal group responsible for infections in the health...More »

• In the Journals

• Community-acquired cases drive rise in C. difficile infection among children

• March 21, 2013
• Clostridium difficile infection has increased significantly among children in the last two decades with the majority of incidence being community-acquired...More »

• Breaking News

• FDA clears C. difficile assay kit

• March 18, 2013
• Quidel Corp. and Life Technologies Corp. announced today that they have received 510(k) clearance from the FDA to market a new Clostridium difficile assay...More »

• Survey: Further facility-based innovations needed to reduce spread of C. difficile

• March 14, 2013
• The addition of new interventions for Clostridium difficile infections has not resulted in substantial improvements in the prevention of the illness at...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Ledipasvir combination effective in treating HCV genotype 1

• March 5, 2013
• ATLANTA — A combination of sofosbuvir, ledipasvir and ribavirin led to 100% viral suppression among patients with hepatitis C virus genotype 1,...More »

• In the Journals

• Vitamin D deficiency increased rate of ear and gastrointestinal infections

• February 28, 2013
• More than 50% of children were either vitamin D deficient or insufficient in a recent study, and those children were more likely to have ear infections...More »

• In the Journals

• Bacteroidetes less prominent in intestinal microbiota of patients with NASH

• February 28, 2013
• The presence of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis is independently associated with a lower percentage of Bacteroidetes in the intestinal microbiota, according...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Pediatricians exhibited limited knowledge of food protein-induced enterocolitis

• February 26, 2013
• Many pediatricians are somewhat or completely unfamiliar with food protein-induced enterocolitis, according to data presented at the American Academy of...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• H. pylori treatment also improved chronic urticaria

• February 25, 2013
• Patients with chronic urticaria experienced improvement or regression of their condition following treatment for concurrent Helicobacter pylori infection...More »

• In the Journals

• Dialysis, emergency surgery linked to C. difficile infection after colectomy

• February 20, 2013
• Factors such as dialysis and low albumin levels before colectomy, as well as requiring emergency surgery, were associated with increased risk for...More »

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