Intestinal Disorders News

PHILADELPHIA – X-ray irradiation may be beneficial in reducing the rate of foodborne illness associated with the consumption of oysters, according to results of a study presented at the 109th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, held here this week.

The FDA is advising consumers to avoid pistachios and pistachio-containing products after Salmonella was found in a pistachio processing plant owned by Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc. in Terra Bella, Calif.

A range of antimicrobial and non-antimicrobial hand wash products yielded similarly unimpressive results in removing Clostridium difficile, according to data presented at The 2009 Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Annual Meeting, held in San Diego.

Children with acute viral gastroenteritis caused by norovirus had higher incidence of convulsion and longer hospital stays compared with those with gastroenteritis caused by rotavirus, results of a study indicated.

An international team of researchers has discovered new genes involved in Crohn's disease using a statistical tool to identify genes interacting on the same biological pathways and highly automated gene-hunting techniques that scan the whole genome.