Gastrointestinal Conditions News

Recent findings published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal showed that annual rotavirus gastroenteritis incidence in Malaysia resulted in one death per 100,000 children and cost the public $50 million annually.

The high prevalence of norovirus infection among children in countries with increased diarrheal disease burden highlights a need for vaccine development, according to recent research in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

The European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency has issued a positive opinion for Humira for treating moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease in children aged 6 years and older with inadequate response to conventional therapies, according to a press release from the manufacturer.

Immunized children with occult hepatitis B virus infection born to mothers positive for hepatitis B surface antigen may still experience clearance of HBV DNA over time, according to recently published data.

The administration of three or more courses of antibiotics in children younger than 2 years was found to be associated with an increased risk for childhood obesity, according to a retrospective cohort study.

Infants with lysosomal acid lipase deficiency, a rare metabolic disorder, showed increased survival benefit and improved parameters, such as markers for liver diseases and gastrointestinal symptoms, when treated with Kanuma, according to a press release from the manufacturer.

After Quebec initiated a rotavirus vaccination program in 2011, norovirus became more prevalent than rotavirus in cases of pediatric gastroenteritis, according to findings published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

Antibiotic use altered the composition of the intestinal biome in Finnish preschool children, according to recent data published in Nature Communications. In addition, the researchers found that macrolide use in early life is associated with increased risk for asthma and antibiotic-associated weight gain.

Children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and portal inflammation had increased risk for hepatic and metabolic complications, such as fibrosis and obesity, according to published findings.

An unidentified gastrointestinal illness has sickened at least 186 students at Ursinus College in Pennsylvania, as well as some members of the faculty and staff, according to press releases from the school and the Montgomery County Health Department.