Infection News

Researchers estimated that hundreds of small foodborne disease outbreaks may go undetected in the United States each year, based on a statistical analysis of data from the last 2-plus decades.

Closing the toilet lid before flushing does not lessen the risk of contaminating bathroom surfaces with viruses, researchers found.

An investigation into a Salmonella outbreak in Canada linked to pet bearded dragons revealed a multinational outbreak that included a dozen cases in the United States in 2021 and 2022, researchers reported.

The CDC expanded its warning on eating charcuterie meats after the number of cases in a multistate Salmonella outbreak doubled over the last 2 weeks.

California hospitals detected a high incidence of Clostridioides difficile infection among outpatients treated for diarrhea despite a low rate of testing, suggesting that outpatient C. difficile may be underdiagnosed, researchers said.

Staying in a hospital room or bed previously occupied by someone with Clostridioides difficile nearly doubles a patient’s risk for hospital onset-C. difficile infection, researchers found.

In the second half of 2023, there were numerous landmark FDA approvals for gastroenterology and hepatology, in particular for the treatment of ulcerative colitis, with four new options squeezing into an already saturated market.

The FDA in 2023 approved treatments for several hospital-associated infections and fully approved a long-used COVID-19 medication, among other non-vaccine-related regulatory decisions.

The ongoing Salmonella outbreak linked to pre-cut cantaloupes has doubled in cases, according to the latest update from CDC.

Despite the availability of fecal microbiota transplantation and FDA-approved live biotherapeutics for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, some patients have turned to risky “homebrew” methods to correct their gut microbiome.