Gastrointestinal Infections News

Amid progress made on COVID-19 prevention and treatment and continued progress on ART for HIV, and new concerns about syphilis levels in the United States, updates to clinical guidance in 2024 covered a lot of ground.

Although Candida auris and Clostridioides difficile continue to be dangerous for patients, research published throughout this year has highlighted strides made in outbreak prevention and understanding nosocomial infections.

Each month, we ask one of our PharmD columnists to dig into the literature to find evidence-based answers to important clinical questions in the field of infectious diseases.

Each cover of Healio | Infectious Disease News is topped by a feature story on an emerging topic in the field of ID.

New and rare infections were a common source of some of our most popular stories in 2024.

A new annual medical conference will focus on the topic of antimicrobial resistance, organizers announced Friday.

The number of physicians who matched in adult and pediatric infectious diseases this year improved slightly over 2023, signaling a potential boost to the specialties, officials said.

Splash pads have been linked to more than 10,000 cases of preventable waterborne illness caused by bacteria or viruses over a 26-year period, according to a CDC study.

Researchers found that removing Clostridioides difficile from gastrointestinal pathogen panels reduced unnecessary treatment without causing delays in diagnosis.