Gastrointestinal Infections News

Fresenius Kidney Care developed a hepatitis C eradication program that resulted in a 97% cure rate among patients on dialysis who received direct-acting antiviral therapy.

When comparing chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine as intermittent therapy for the treatment of malaria in pregnant women — in a setting of high resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine — intermittent chloroquine did not provide improved protection from malaria and related adverse events, but chloroquine as prophylaxis may offer protection and its use warrants further study, according to finding published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

The CDC announced that 92 people in 29 states have been sickened in an outbreak of multidrug-resistant Salmonella linked to raw chicken products.

Commercial washing and drying under United Kingdom health care laundry policy failed to remove all Clostridium difficile, also known as Clostridioides difficile, spores on hospital bedsheets, according to study results published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

SAN FRANCISCO — Treatment with fidaxomicin led to higher overall cure rates among children who were infected with Clostridoides difficile compared with treatment with vancomycin, according to research presented at IDWeek.

The Canadian Minister of Health announced that the Government of Canada will fund 28 projects across the country designed to reduce the risk for bloodborne infections, such as hepatitis C and HIV, among people who use injection drugs, according to a press release.

Previous studies have demonstrated the benefits of breastfeeding on the infant gut. However, research published in mSphere suggests that infants with a high level of Bifidobacterium, a bacterium commonly seen in the breastfed infant microbiome, may also be protected from several antimicrobial-resistant infections.

Autologous fecal microbiota transplantation, or auto-FMT, re-established intestinal microbiota composition and increased microbial diversity among patients who underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and was found to be well-tolerated, according to study findings published in Science Translational Medicine.

SAN FRANCISCO — In 2018, there have been multiple notable foodborne outbreaks affecting many states. From the recall of over 200 million eggs because of Salmonella fears to the contamination of the breakfast cereal Honey Smacks, also with Salmonella, which has caused over 130 illnesses in 36 states, contaminated food products and outbreaks have been a constant in breaking news this year.

Experts in a recent review stated that an effective hepatitis C vaccine is critical for significant global control of the infection in combination with increased screening and treatment.