Infection News

Higher end-of-treatment hepatitis B e-antigen level correlated with nucleos(t)ide clinical relapse but did not correlate with relapse severity regardless of HBsAg level among patients with chronic hepatitis B virus, according to research.

In this video, Paul Feuerstadt, MD, FACG, AGAF, spoke about new changes to the American College of Gastroenterology’s guidelines on Clostridioides difficile infection treatment, which were discussed at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.

In this video, Paul Feuerstadt, MD, FACG, AGAF, discussed the annual incidence rate of Clostridioides difficile infection during and in the years preceding the COVID-19 pandemic.

Healio Gastroenterology presents the following report on the top 10 peer-tested stories from the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting 2021.

November is Clostridioides Difficile Awareness Month in the United States, as declared by the C Diff Foundation, a nonprofit patient advocacy group.

The CDC said an outbreak of 20 Salmonella infections in eight states was caused by eating salami sticks.

LAS VEGAS – Using next generation sequencing through stool samples to predict Helicobacter pylori antibiotic resistance offered rapid results equivalent to those from gastric biopsies, according to a presentation at the ACG Scientific Meeting.

This award goes to a gastroenterologist or hepatologist who consistently pushed the gastroenterology field forward through innovative treatments, practice management, patient care or research.

A large Salmonella outbreak involving 652 cases in 37 states has been linked to whole red, white and yellow onions imported from Chihuahua, Mexico, the CDC reported.

The AGA published the Clinical Practice Update expert review to provide guidance on the diagnosis and management of atrophic gastritis, in particular due to chronic Helicobacter pylori infection.