Gastrointestinal Conditions News

SAN DIEGO — A new ultrasound approach may help more quickly and less invasively identify infants with biliary atresia, according to research presented at The Liver Meeting.

SAN DIEGO — Combination therapy with peginterferon alfa-2b and nucleos(t)ide analogues resulted in significantly higher hepatitis B surface antigen loss vs. monotherapy in children with HBV, especially among those aged younger than 7 years.

One person has died and 15 have been hospitalized in a multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli linked to consuming organic carrots, the CDC announced.

OpenBiome will continue distribution of investigational fecal microbiota transplantation through 2024, as suspension may put certain patients with recurrent, refractory or fulminant Clostridioides difficile at risk, according to the AGA.

The four core concepts of the CDC’s Social Vulnerability Index could be used to predict the severity of Clostrioides difficile infection and all-cause mortality, according to a study presented at IDWeek.

One person has died and 10 have been hospitalized in a multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli infections linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, the CDC said Tuesday.

Over three decades, changes to organ allocation policies were associated with reduced waitlist mortality and increased rates of liver transplant among children with pediatric acute liver failure, according to research in JAMA Surgery.

Cincinnati Children’s has claimed the No. 1 spot in the United States for pediatric gastroenterology and GI surgery, according to the 2024-2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings.

Hepatitis B e-antigen seroconversion in childhood and low hepatitis B surface antigen titers after seroconversion independently predicted functional cure in chronic HBV-infected patients followed from childhood through adulthood.