Gastrointestinal Infections News

Reduced susceptibility to metronidazole was associated with decreased clinical response rates in patients with Clostridioides difficile infection, according to a study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

On my first day of medical school, I was assigned a physical diagnosis tutor who was a well-known infectious diseases specialist. He had encyclopedic knowledge. He was a remarkable teacher and — equally important — a great storyteller.

“Extreme” drug price increases for antiparasitic medication were associated with increased total outpatient treatment costs, or TOCs, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

An intervention that required administrative approval of all Clostridioides difficile testing after hospital day 3 out-performed electronic health record-based support in reducing C. difficile testing, according to a study.

Fidaxomicin and vancomycin reduced shedding of Clostridioides difficile spores faster and were associated with lower rates of hospital contamination compared with metronidazole, according to study findings.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America and The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, or SHEA, have released new guidelines for the management of Clostridioides difficile.

My initial fascination with infectious diseases began as it did for many others: through the influence of my parents and exposure through books.

Bezlotoxumab significantly reduced the incidence of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection among solid-organ transplant and hematopoietic-cell transplant recipients, according to a study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

The annual incidence of resistant nontyphoidal Salmonella infections was 40% higher in 2015 and 2016 compared with the years 2004 to 2008, according to a study published in Emerging Infectious Diseases.

The rate of hospital-acquired Clostridioides difficile infection improved by 39% at a Quebec hospital when 70% of antibiotic users took a three-strain Lactobacillus probiotic under a pharmacy-driven protocol, researchers reported.