Study authors compared characteristics of moderate to severe diarrhea between children with culture positive Shigella and culture-negative, qPCR-attributable Shigella and derived a new clinical severity score.
Double anaerobic therapy with piperacillin/tazobactam plus metronidazole was compared to piperacillin/tazobactam alone to manage patients with intra-abdominal infections.
Antibiotic therapy was found to shorten recovery time for pediatric patients with uncomplicated appendicitis, thereby avoiding surgery.
In post-hoc analyses, researchers analyzed alcohol use data and whole-blood samples from 359 participants in the New Orleans Alcohol Use in HIV study to explore the association between intestinal leak, dysbiosis, and T cells.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use onions recalled by Thomson International Inc. as they may be contaminated with Salmonella.
A team of investigators sought to investigate the rate of resolution of Clostridioides difficile infection as well as safety associated with fecal microbiota transplantation in patients with liver cirrhosis.
A Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 125 people in 15 states is being investigated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Probiotics should only be recommended for specific patient populations since there is not enough evidence to support their use in the majority of digestive conditions, according to new clinical guidelines released by the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) and recently published in Gastroenterology.
A post hoc analysis was conducted to assess the efficacy of bezlotoxumab in a subgroup of participants from the MODIFY I and II trials.
The number of Salmonella infections linked with backyard poultry has reached 465 in 42 states, an increase of 368 since the last update on May 20.
