With increasing numbers of countries implementing the use of the rotavirus vaccine, rotavirus and acute gastroenteritis hospitalizations and mortalities continue to show a sustained reduction.
Prospective studies are needed to determine what changes are significantly associated with treatment, whether these changes are causes or effects of response, and whether the composition of the intestinal microbiome can be used to select treatments for patients with IBD.
Global burdens of colorectal, pancreatic, stomach cancers and inflammatory bowel disease examined.
The One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization workshop, organized jointly by the United States CDC, US Department of Agriculture, and US Department for the Interior, recently reported a list of 8 top zoonotic diseases of national concern.
Studies present promising therapeutic options to reduce recurrent CDI, as well as strategies to improve favorable economic outcomes.
A comprehensive prevention strategy that attempts to address all possible routes of norovirus transmission and a strict ill employee exclusion policy are key to halting successive norovirus outbreaks.
Repeat testing of nucleic acid amplification tests is not recommended for detection of the presence of Clostridioides (formerly Clostridium) difficile in adults.
There is a correlation between a high level of amyloid-producing Escherichia coli in the intestines, followed by their depletion due to prophage induction and the initiation of autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes (T1D) progression, according to research findings presented at the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Microbe 2019, held June 20-24, 2019 in San Francisco,…
The use of a NAAT for diagnosing Clostridium difficile infection demonstrated a significant reduced length of stay for patients compared with a multi-step enzyme immunoassay-based strategy.
Though much has been done in an effort to close them, there are still significant gaps in knowledge and research advancement on outbreaks of infection with Cyclospora cayetanensis.
