Infection News

Since its introduction in 2011, adoption of diverting loop ileostomy for fulminant Clostridioides difficile colitis has more than doubled, and the procedure appeared to be a viable alternative to total colectomy, according to study findings published in JAMA Surgery.

Findings from a prospective cohort study of healthy infants suggest with toxigenic Clostridiodes difficile, or TCD, immune response against the toxins “natural immunization.

RedHill Biopharma announced that the FDA has accepted a new drug application for its Helicobacter pylori infection therapy, Talicia.

A multistep process hemodialysis patients according to findings published in Infection Control Hospital Epidemiology.

SAN DIEGO — Patients who receive antibiotic treatment for Helicobacter pylori infection experience gastric cancer at rates higher than the general population, and several risk factors can increase that risk even further, according to data presented at Digestive Disease Week.

Antibiotic prophylaxis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is less effective in cirrhotic patients with known multidrug-resistant organisms, according to a recent study.

The number of outbreaks caused by Cryptosporidium, or Crypto, increased approximately 13% each year between 2009 and 2017, researchers said.

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, Secretary Rebekah Gee of the Louisiana Department of Health, Secretary James LeBlanc of the Louisiana Department of Corrections, and Asegua Therapeutics have agreed on a model to implement the health department’s innovative payment model for hepatitis C treatment, according to a press release.

Treatment with Sovaldi and ribavirin was well-tolerated and highly effective in children aged 3 years to less than 12 years in pediatric patients with hepatitis C genotype 2 or genotype 3, according to a study published in Hepatology.

While most countries in the European Union and the European Economic Area have reported a decline in acute hepatitis B rates over the last decade, reports showed an increase in physicians discovering cases of chronic hepatitis B, according to data published by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.