Infection News

The CDC issued a warning Thursday not to eat pre-cut cantaloupe if the brand of the fruit is not known, the latest development in a growing outbreak of Salmonella infections that has sickened more than 100 people, killing two.

Chlorine-based bleach cleaning solutions are no more effective at killing Clostridioides difficile on surfaces and hospital scrubs than water, a study found.

Older veterans were slightly more likely to be hospitalized and more than twice as likely to die in the 3 days after testing for norovirus compared with those who testing negative, according to study results.

BOSTON — Mortality rates were consistently lower in patients with severe alcohol-associated hepatitis treated with steroids during vs. before the COVID-19 pandemic, suggesting infection mitigation may have benefited this population.

In this episode of Meeting Mic, we bring you Healio’s top headlines from ACG 2023.

Doxycycline reduced the risk for Clostridioides difficile infection by almost half compared with azithromycin among patients hospitalized with community-acquire pneumonia who had a C. difficile infection in the past year, a study found.

In a Healio video exclusive, Edward V. Loftus Jr., MD, highlighted benefits of newly available live biotherapeutics for Clostridioides difficile infection but noted concern for patients who don’t qualify and “might fall through the cracks.”

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — In this Healio video exclusive, Neslyne B. Augustin, MD, reviews the case of a patient with ulcerative colitis and concomitant SARS-CoV-2 infection, which she presented at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Adult patients with inflammatory bowel disease are at increased risk for respiratory syncytial virus infection and hospitalization, especially those with comorbidities, according to data presented here.

The FDA has approved the prior approval supplement for Phathom Pharmaceutical’s reformulated vonoprazan tablets for its Voquezna Triple Pak and Voquezna Dual Pak to treat adults with Helicobacter pylori infection, according to a company release.