Infection News

Healio Gastroenterology and Liver Disease has compiled a list of some of the top stories we reported in May.

Infectious disease physicians in the United States do not commonly screen patients for asymptomatic carriage of Clostridioides difficile, according to results from a nationwide survey.

Gilead Sciences Canada awarded a series of HCV Micro-Elimination Grants to 11 organizations focused on identifying individuals with hepatitis C in high-risk hard-to-reach populations throughout Canada and linking them to care, according to a press release.

Researchers identified a common polymorphism and a rare variant combination in hepatitis C genotype 3 that are responsible for a reduced response to Sovaldi, according to a study published in Gastroenterology.

WHO announced today that it has partnered with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC, Ministry of Health to provide more than 800,000 people with cholera immunizations. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, will fund the initiative, which will be implemented in North Kivu, in the eastern part of the DRC.

Although guidelines do not recommend probiotics for the prevention of Clostridioides difficile infection, or CDI, researchers continue to study them as a potential solution.

Almost all gastroenterologists, no matter their expertise, have become quasi-experts in treating patients with Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) because it is such a common malady, especially in individuals with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

SAN DIEGO — Results from the ICON study presented at DDW demonstrated that fecal microbiota transplantation was safe and effective in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and Clostridioides difficile infection.

SAN DIEGO — Preoperative use of TNF inhibitors in patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis did not increase the risk for any postoperative infections or any postoperative surgical site infections, according to results of the PUCCINI trial presented at Digestive Disease Week.

SAN DIEGO — Over the next four days, the gastroenterology community will convene in the San Diego Convention Center for Digestive Disease Week 2019, the specialty’s largest scientific conference.