Gastrointestinal Infections News

When I was in high school, I had an opportunity to shadow the medical field through the Girl Scouts. This led to me volunteering at a hospital during undergrad.

The bacterium Clostridioides difficile tends to “cooperate” with microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract, such as the pathogen Enterococcus, which can help the bacterium thrive, according to a study published in Nature.

SER-109, an investigational oral microbiome therapeutic, was well-tolerated and durably reduced rates of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection through 24 weeks, with benefits showing as early as week 2, data show.

WASHINGTON — Patients with alcohol use disorder and diabetes mellitus or hepatitis C were at higher risk for advanced liver disease, while African American race had a protective effect, according to late-breaking data at The Liver Meeting.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In a Healio video exclusive, Paul Feuerstadt, MD, FACG, AGAF, highlighted how live microbiota-based products, such as RBX2660, could drastically transform the treatment of recurrent C. difficile infection.

I grew up in a household surrounded by medicine and the medical needs of my sister. It was an environment I had become accustomed to and later became the focal point of my studies.

WASHINGTON — Carlos del Rio, MD, an Infectious Disease News Editorial Board Member and the new president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, discussed his agenda with Healio.

An FDA advisory committee recently voted there was adequate data to support the safety and efficacy of fecal microbiota transplant therapy Rebyota for the treatment of adult patients with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection.

Use of an algorithm-based tool to determine the likelihood of viral etiology for acute diarrhea in children did not significantly reduce antibiotic prescriptions in developing countries, according to a study in JAMA Pediatrics.

I was a college student at University of Texas in the mid-90s, when the book The Hot Zone by Richard Preston was released.