Gastrointestinal Conditions News

Early-onset inflammatory bowel disease in children aged 5 years and younger is becoming more common than later-onset disease and displayed a more aggressive, extensive phenotype, according to recent study data.

Screening for celiac disease in pediatric primary was warranted for patients with irritable bowel syndrome but not for children with other functional gastrointestinal disorders, according to new research.

Rates of some foodborne illnesses have been on the rise in recent years, according to the CDC’s food safety progress report for 2013.

Oral rehydration therapy for diarrheal illness is less likely to be given to young children seeking treatment at private, for-profit clinics in sub-Saharan Africa compared with public facilities, according to recent study findings published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Enteropathogen-specific diarrhea, particularly Shigella, negatively affects growth among adolescents, according to study findings in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

Fewer respiratory and gastrointestinal tract infections were found among children treated with chloroquine-azithromycin compared with those treated with chloroquine monotherapy, according to recent study findings published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.

A significant proportion of Clostridium difficile infection among children is community-associated and differences are noted between community-associated and hospital-associated infections, according to recent study findings published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

The FDA has announced that entecavir is now approved for use in children aged 2 years and older with chronic hepatitis B virus infection, according to an FDA press release.

Patients with Crohn’s disease experienced abnormal increases and decreases in specific gut bacteria, with harmful microbes flourishing and beneficial microbes missing, according to a recent study.

Daily supplementation with Lactobacillus reuteri in healthy children attending day care centers reduced episodes and duration of diarrhea and respiratory tract infections, according to recent study findings published in Pediatrics.