Gastroenterology

• In the Journals

• Surveillance reporting of HCV, HBV incomplete in Michigan

• February 19, 2013
• Reporting of chronic hepatitis B and C infections in Michigan significantly improved in Michigan, but still remained incomplete, according to researchers...More »

• In the Journals

• Botulism outbreak linked to canned chili sauce

• February 18, 2013
• CDC researchers have traced an outbreak of type A foodborne botulism in Texas, Indiana and Ohio to commercially produced canned hot dog chili sauce.
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• In the Journals

• Recurrence risk factors important to consider in H. pylori eradication

• February 15, 2013
• Among patients in Latin America who had a negative 13C-urea breath test after treatment for Helicobacter pylori infection, 11.5% experienced recurrence,...More »

• Breaking News

• Salmonella outbreak affects 18 people

• February 14, 2013
• The outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium linked to ground beef has affected 18 people across five states, the CDC reported.
  The illness onset dates range...More »

• Breaking News

• Salmonella outbreak affects 16 people

• January 28, 2013
• An outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium affecting five states so far has been linked to ground beef, the CDC reported.
  The illness onset dates range from...More »

• In the Journals Perspective

• CDC: New strain attributed to 2012 norovirus outbreaks

• Infectious Disease News, March 2013
• Most norovirus outbreaks in the last four months of 2012 were caused by the GII.4 Sydney strain of the virus, according to a recent CDC Morbidity and...More »

• In the Journals

• Infusion of donor feces effectively treated C. difficile infection

• January 23, 2013
• Patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection experienced better outcomes when treated with an infusion of donor feces in addition to...More »

• In the Journals

• Hospital listeriosis outbreak linked to diced celery

• Infectious Disease News, March 2013
• An outbreak of listeriosis that killed five people across five hospitals in Texas was traced back to contaminated diced celery in chicken salad.
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• In the Journals

• More than 600,000 cholera infections recorded in Haiti since 2010 outbreak

• Infectious Disease News, March 2013
• During the 2010 cholera epidemic in Haiti, all 10 administrative departments of the country had confirmed cases within 29 days of the first report, CDC...More »

• In the Journals Perspective

• Gut flora plays significant role in colic

• Infectious Diseases in Children, February 2013
• Examining the early development of the gut flora may yield answers about infant colic, according to research from the Netherlands.
  Carolina de Weerth, PhD,...More »

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