Intestinal Disorders News

2011 ASTMH

Preventive zinc supplementation does not reduce rates of malarial infection in Tanzanian children, according to study results published in the November issue of PLoS Medicine. Further study analyses found that a zinc supplement regimen — in combination with multi-nutrient supplementation, including iron, folic acid, vitamin A, vitamin B12, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, copper and vitamin E — may have increased the incidence of first malaria episodes by approximately 30%.

Researchers from Denmark have found that international travel significantly increased the risk for hospitalization with non-typhoidal Salmonella bacteremia, differing between age groups and travel destinations.

Children who are exposed to a variety of antibiotics are more prone to Clostridium difficile infection, according to a study published online this month.

Modified interventions, particularly a multifaceted “maintenance intervention bundle” reduced the central line-associated bloodstream infection rate in pediatric rehabilitation patients receiving parenteral nutrition.

WASHINGTON — Probiotics were the topic of four studies presented at the American College of Gastroenterology’s Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course here.

WASHINGTON — A gastroenterologist challenged colleagues here to make food choice a key treatment strategy for functional gut syndromes.

As of October 25, the CDC reported 133 illnesses, one miscarriage and 28 deaths across 26 states from the Listeria outbreak.

Researchers used a library of 670 video sigmoidoscopies to devise and calibrate an endoscopic index of severity for ulcerative colitis.

Chemotherapy-associated bowel syndrome had a significant effect on outcome in patients with chemotherapy-associated neutropenia, according to research presented at the 2011 Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.