Intestinal Disorders News

No significant association exists between proton pump inhibitor use and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, according to study results.

New findings suggest that a rifaximin extended-intestinal-release regimen induced remission of moderately-active Crohn’s disease.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The first pediatric cases of Ehlers Danlos type 3 syndrome with concurrent gastrointestinal symptoms were described here during the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2012 Annual Meeting.

The FDA has approved the first breath test for use in children aged 3 to 17 years to detect Helicobacter pylori bacterial infections, responsible for gastritis and ulcers.

Children whose Helicobacter pylori infection was eradicated quickly grew faster than those who were not treated early, according to a study from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.

Children whose Helicobacter pylori infection was eradicated quickly grew faster than those who were not treated early, according to a study from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.

Treatment of raw poultry with nonthermal dielectric barrier discharge plasma reduced the presence of Salmonella enterica and Campylobacter jejuni, potentially making it safer and less likely to result in cross contamination of pathogens in the home, according to Jennifer J. Quinlan, PhD.

Sanitation and disinfectant violations and improper refrigeration of potentially hazardous foods were identified as sources of the largest reported outbreak of O26:H11 infection in the United States and the largest reported non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli outbreak in a US childcare center, according to results of a recent study.

Using ranitidine to address symptoms of gastric distress in very low birth weight infants may contribute to increased mortality and necrotizing enterocolitis in this population of patients, according to study results published online this week.

Consumption of ready-to-bake commercially prepackaged cookie dough led to a nationwide outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7, affecting 77 people in 2009. Nearly 4 million packages of cookie dough were recalled, according to new findings published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.