Gastrointestinal Conditions News

While fecal microbiota transplantation has long been established as a treatment for adult patients with Clostridioides difficile infection, data from a study revealed that it is also safe and effective in pediatric patients.

A recent case-control study identified antibiotic use as a risk factor for community-associated Clostridioides difficile infection, or CA-CDI, in children.

Researchers in Finland found that a newborn’s microbiome, measured in his or her first stool sample, predicted whether the child would subsequently become overweight.

Findings of a prospective birth cohort study presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases suggested that infants born through caesarean section have an altered gut microbiota that may leave them more susceptible to respiratory infections in the first year of life.

The rate of foreign body ingestions among young children presenting to EDs throughout the United States nearly doubled in about 20 years, according to findings published in Pediatrics. Children were most likely to swallow pennies and button batteries, researchers said.

VIENNA — Epidemiological modelling showed that scale-up of hepatitis B mother-to-child transmission intervention and treatment in Africa will be as important in the progress to elimination as infant vaccination, according to a presentation at the International Liver Congress 2019.

Children of women who used tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, or TDF, to prevent transmission of hepatitis B to their child did not have lower bone mineral density compared with children who were exposed to placebo, according to findings from a randomized controlled trial published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Researchers found that adversity early in life was associated with increased gastrointestinal symptoms in children and that this adversity-induced gastrointestinal distress was associated with future anxiety, according to data published in Development and Psychopathology.

Even with all the complications presented by their disease, children with inflammatory bowel disease can still achieve results in school comparable to their peers. However, some subgroups might need extra attention to avoid a negative impact on their school performance.

Cholera cases have increased in Yemen within recent weeks, where 108,889 suspected cases and 190 deaths have been reported since January. Approximately one-third of these cases have been reported in children aged younger than 5 years, according to a report issued by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.