Gastrointestinal Conditions News

Anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha therapy administered in routine gastroenterology practice settings was more effective at inducing clinical and corticosteroid-free remission in pediatric Crohn’s disease patients than usual care, according to recent study data.

Dietary interventions, especially elemental diets and 6-food elimination diets, were effective in inducing histologic remission in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis, according to recent study data.

Norovirus is a common, underdiagnosed cause of gastroenteritis among children, according to study findings in The Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.

Adjuvant vitamin E therapy did not have an improved, greater effect over placebo on children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease or nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, according to data from a recent study.

Following the introduction of the pentavalent rotavirus vaccine in Leon, Nicaragua, rotavirus was not commonly detected among children with diarrhea, according to study findings in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

Healthy infants and children showed an increased risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease during adolescence depending upon their rate of weight-for-height increase from ages 1 to 10 years, according to published results.

Treatment of active pediatric Crohn’s disease with exclusive enteral nutrition therapy was highly effective and induced remission, but efficacy decreased with repeated courses, according to recent study data.

Approximately 20 million people get sick from norovirus each year, mostly by having close contact with other infected people or by eating contaminated food, according to a CDC Vital Signs report.

The Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index was a strong predictor of disease outcome and identifier of patient subsets most likely to benefit from early aggressive treatment, according to recent study data.

Antibiotic resistance of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli treatment requires further, more in-depth research, according to study findings in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.