Gastrointestinal Infections News

The CDC said an outbreak of 20 Salmonella infections in eight states was caused by eating salami sticks.

A large Salmonella outbreak involving 652 cases in 37 states has been linked to whole red, white and yellow onions imported from Chihuahua, Mexico, the CDC reported.

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Medicare beneficiaries have limited access to recommended treatments for Clostridioides difficile infection, researchers reported in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

The CDC said an outbreak of more than 100 of cases of Salmonella in 14 states has been linked to seafood distributed to restaurants and grocery stores in Colorado.

Using a new highly sensitive assay, researchers demonstrated that the amount of toxin in stool correlates with the severity of Clostridioides difficile infection, with higher concentrations associated with severe disease at diagnosis.

An investigational therapy that uses the gut microbiome was safe and effective in treating recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, according to data from five abstracts presented at IDWeek.

Global surveillance of Clostridioides difficile showed that it was widely prevalent among isolates collected outside of health care settings — especially on the soles of shoes, according to researchers at IDWeek.

IDWeek, originally planned for San Diego, will be an all-virtual meeting for the second year in a row because of COVID-19.

Long-term care facilities in the United States have a high burden of norovirus outbreaks, which result in a significant number of deaths and hospitalizations, according to CDC surveillance data.