Gastrointestinal Infections

At the 5th annual international C. diff Awareness Conference and Health Expo, Dr. Edmond Hooker discussed an underreported problem in health care facilities everywhere.

Edmond Hooker, MD, DrPH, discusses the use of a launderable mattress cover to reduce C. diff rates in hospitals.

Investigators from the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, have discovered that a common food additive, trehalose (an artificial sugar frequently derived from mushrooms or seaweed), can be linked with the increase and severity of outbreaks involving 2 strains of Clostridium difficile.

Richard Haupt, MD, MPH, sheds light on the Clostridium difficile Vaccine Efficacy Trial (CLOVER).

Daniel Diekema, MD, explains how clinicians can actively work to prevent pathogen spread in their health care facilities.

Dr. Richard Vickers, explains what makes ridinilazole unique.

Michael Edmond, MD, MPH, MPA, stresses that a collaborative effort is needed to control C. difficile in hospitals.

Richard Haupt, MD, MPH, discusses the process for developing a vaccine.

Richard Haupt, MD, MPH, discusses the different pharmaceutical companies’ efforts to develop a C. difficile vaccine.

Authors of a new Policy Forum suggest an alternative approach to regulating fecal microbiota transplantation.

Single-dose tinidazole is the best available treatment for giardiasis in children and adults, a new study shows.

The FDA has cleared the molecular test which is able to detect presence of the toxin within 70 minutes.

While a new FDA report shows antibiotic resistance remains low among many food-borne bacteria, some pathogens are increasingly showing multidrug resistance.

The message for clinicians is to be vigilant. Look for candidemia and C. difficile infection occurring together.