Gastrointestinal Infections News

Stool culture “performed worse than would be expected” in diagnosing cholera during a period of waning cases in Haiti compared with PCR testing, according to the results of a small study.

The COVID-19 pandemic underscored challenges in the prevention and treatment of health care-associated infections.

President Joe Biden is set to announce former North Carolina secretary of health Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH, as the next director of the CDC, according to multiple reports.

Roughly 40% of foodborne illness outbreaks in the United States are caused by a sick or infectious food worker despite most food establishments having policies against employees coming to work when ill, data show.

An intervention requiring that infectious diseases approve testing for Clostridioides difficile infection increased the appropriateness of testing for hospital-onset C. difficile and lowered the positive testing rate by more than 50%.

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance forecasted that the global supply of oral cholera vaccine is likely to remain limited through 2025 if current outbreak trends continue.

I actually knew I wanted to study infectious diseases even before embarking on a career in medicine.

An outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in Tennessee was caused by raw milk consumption among members of a cow-share, according to a study.

In these videos, Jessica R. Allegretti, MD, MPH, medical director of the Crohn's and Colitis Center at the Brigham and Women's Hospital discusses the latest treatments, preventative options, and unmet needs for patients with Clostridioides difficile infection.

In these videos, Jessica R. Allegretti, MD, MPH, medical director of the Crohn's and Colitis Center at the Brigham and Women's Hospital discusses the latest treatments, preventative options, and unmet needs for patients with Clostridioides difficile infection.