Gastrointestinal Infections News

The wonderful thing about infectious disease medicine is how broad it is. Any part of the body can become infected. The terrible thing about infectious disease medicine is how broad it is. It seems vast and complicated.

Helicobacter pylori is a spiral-shaped gram-negative rod that colonizes the gastric mucosa. H. pylori is mostly acquired in childhood before age 10 years, with more than 50% of people worldwide carrying the organism.

Patients with hepatitis B virus were more likely to receive guideline-adherent care for their HBV infection if they also had HIV, a study found.

As a prior history major, I was drawn to infectious diseases by the patient stories, by the high value that the field placed on patients’ narratives and social contexts.

Adding aerosolized hydrogen peroxide to hospital infection prevention protocols significantly reduced Clostridioides difficile infections, according to the results of a 10-year study reported in the American Journal of Infection Control.

Researchers said the most effective approach to preventing vertical transmission of hepatitis B virus was a combination of maternal use of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, or TDF, and postnatal immunization.

Routine use of a typhoid conjugate vaccine with a catch-up campaign through age 15 years could prevent approximately 67 million cases and 826,000 deaths caused by typhoid fever over 10 years, according to a study.

No. Used rationally, rapid nonculture tests can be a powerful complement to cultivating organisms. However, they will not fully replace cultures for the foreseeable future. Having an organism in hand allows phenotypic testing — most notably of antimicrobial susceptibility — and strain typing. Cultures can confirm results of rapid tests. They can provide insights not available by certain rapid tests, such as detection of organisms not included in a particular diagnostic panel. They can give noncorroborative data that are important in shaping interpretation of rapid test results and in guiding clinical decision-making.

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted unanimously on Wednesday to recommend a vaccine for tick-borne encephalitis for laboratory workers and people traveling abroad to endemic areas.

The majority of liver transplant recipients are able to produce a functional antibody response to COVID-19 infection, according to data published in Gut.