Gastrointestinal Infections News

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As a physician trained in India, I saw the devastating impact of infectious diseases like TB, malaria and waterborne illnesses, and the profound difference public health interventions can have. That led to my career in global health.

PHILADELPHIA — Rebyota was safe and effective at 8 weeks and up to 6 months in patients with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, many of whom had other gastrointestinal comorbidities and risk factors, according to data presented.

PHILADELPHIA — Bezlotoxumab in combination with fecal microbiota transplantation did not further reduce recurrence of Clostridioides difficile infection in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, according to data presented here.

OpenBiome will continue distribution of investigational fecal microbiota transplantation through 2024, as suspension may put certain patients with recurrent, refractory or fulminant Clostridioides difficile at risk, according to the AGA.

The four core concepts of the CDC’s Social Vulnerability Index could be used to predict the severity of Clostrioides difficile infection and all-cause mortality, according to a study presented at IDWeek.

The CDC on Friday announced 26 more cases in the multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, bringing the total to 75 cases in 13 states.

One person has died and 10 have been hospitalized in a multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli infections linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, the CDC said Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES — David J. Weber, MD, MPH, weighed in on findings from the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America’s featured oral abstract at IDWeek.