Gastrointestinal Infections News

Patients in the ICU with Clostridioides difficile colonization, histories of inflammatory bowel disease and longer ICU stays had an increased risk for developing C. difficile infection, according to a study in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

What drew me to infectious diseases was the potentially enormous impact it has — not only on individuals but on societies.

Direct-acting antiviral treatment significantly lowered the risk for mortality and liver and non-liver outcomes in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection, regardless of disease stage, researchers reported.

In 2022, the front page of Infectious Disease News mostly peered beyond COVID-19 to showcase triumphs and progress being made elsewhere in the field of infectious disease.

There was plenty of FDA news this year not related to COVID-19.

We continue to be captivated by the stories you tell in our “Hooked on ID” series.

I got into the medical field to solve problems, and the field of infectious diseases exemplifies that.

At the end of this month, Anthony S. Fauci, MD, will officially step down as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which he has led for nearly 4 decades.

The largest outbreak of acute gastroenteritis recorded in the Grand Canyon National Park backcountry occurred from April to June 2022 and affected at least 222 backpackers and rafters, data in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report showed.

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