Gastrointestinal Conditions News

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.

Superabsorbent polymer beads that are often used as toys or decorations can cause bowel obstructions in young children, which may require surgery, according to research presented at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.

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.

WHO this week announced that cholera cases increased by 13% and cholera deaths increased by 71% globally in 2023.

Routine childhood vaccinations prevented more than 1.1 million deaths among children born during the past 30 years in the United States, CDC researchers found.