Gastrointestinal Infection

New and rare infections were a common source of some of our most popular stories in 2024.

Local health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced that dozens have died and hundreds more are sick due to an unknown illness that causes influenza-like symptoms.

Researchers found that removing Clostridioides difficile from gastrointestinal pathogen panels reduced unnecessary treatment without causing delays in diagnosis.

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.

Researchers in Spain reported that nearly half of supermarket meat samples tested in a study contained multidrug-resistant or potentially pathogenic Escherichia coli.

Norovirus outbreaks have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels as COVID-19 mitigation measures have eased around the country, CDC researchers reported on Thursday.

Helicobacter pylori is a spiral-shaped gram-negative rod that colonizes the gastric mucosa. H. pylori is mostly acquired in childhood before age 10 years, with more than 50% of people worldwide carrying the organism.

Researchers report it is feasible to recruit and retain acute kidney transplant recipients in trials examining prebiotics on infections and gastrointestinal symptoms, according to data published in the Journal of Renal Nutrition.

The ACP has released its first-ever guidelines for diagnosing, managing and preventing recurrence of acute left-sided colonic diverticulitis.

Stories that focused on emerging research and breaking news related to COVID-19 dominated headlines in 2021.