Gastrointestinal Infections

CDC on enhancing strategies against drinking water diseases.

A team developed and validated a new analytic method to quantify omadacycline and its epimerization in stool to facilitate microbiome research.

The American Gastroenterological Association guidelines navigating fecal microbiota transplantation in clinical practice.

Norovirus cases rise in the northeast and are spreading across the nation.

It affects a limited number of Dole-branded and private label salad kits, and no cases of illness associated with the Dole recall have been reported.

The outbreak has seen 2 deaths and 23 hospitalizations across 11 states.

CDC's use of it and power law analysis have greatly enhanced the detection and understanding of US foodborne outbreaks.

Study shows both recent and earlier use of these medications significantly heightens the risk.

A retrospective cohort study of inpatient encounters from 3 hospitals in the Duke University Health System showed greater rates of testing among White patients compared to Black and NWNB patients.

Participants given omadacycline had high fecal concentrations with a distinct microbiome profile compared to those in the vancomycin group, with study results calling attention to the importance of antibiotics’ impact on the gut microbiome.

Recall affects several raw bulk products sent to restaurants and institutional users, and are marked either angus ground beef patties, ground beef patties, or ground beef.

Over 675,000 cans of specialty infant formula for cow’s milk allergy have been voluntarily recalled by Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition because of a possible contamination with Cronobacter sakazakii.

The 2 recalls were performed due to concerns about salmonella in the former and lead in the latter.

In the news this week, the FDA approved the antifungal, isavuconazonium sulfate, which is indicated for children as young as 1 year of age; the continued clinical usefulness of doxycycline; examining infectious disease consults in gram-negative bacteremia; and a clinician utilizes mobile clinics to bring care to marginalized populations.

A study finds pathogen spores remain on surgical scrubs and patient gowns even after sodium hypochlorite disinfectant application. This finding presents an infection prevention challenge.

The older antibiotic has been shown to be effective as a preventative measure for one group of infections as well as reducing the risk of a health care-associated infection.

This week's news looked at the medical and economic burden of AMR, why the implementation of new College of American Pathologists rules presents an opportunity for collaboration between microbiology labs and ID providers, which specific antibiotics showed the greatest associations with adverse drug reaction case reports related to C diff, and how infants with HIV could be spared from requiring lifetime ART if treated within hours of birth.

The Manischewitz corporation issued the voluntary effort on some limited units of their dark chocolate coins and should be considered for people who have a milk allergy or are severely sensitive to it.

As of last Friday, 117 people have been sickened, 61 hospitalized, and 2 people have died.

This week's news includes a Massachusetts hospital facing a lawsuit for potential HIV and hepatitis exposure, a study shows reduced mortality rates in combining vancomycin and cefazolin in patients with bloodstream infections, a PCR-based rapid test can de-escalate antibiotic therapy quicker for bloodstream infections, and how the implementation of new College of American Pathologists rules presents an opportunity for collaboration between clinical microbiology laboratories and infectious disease pharmacists and physicians.

With the holiday upon us, here are some considerations for dinner prep as well as some recent FDA food recalls.

The FDA says the recall being performed by Wilcox Ice Cream is doing this out of concern for listeria contamination in the products.

A study demonstrates the microbiome changes and how restoration of the gut flora is warranted when patients are dealing with recurrent bouts of the health care-associated infection.

This week we covered antibiotic de-escalation, the approved fecal microbiota options for prevention of recurrent Clostridioides difficile, the CDC's recommendations for HCV testing in the pediatric populations, and examining pragmatic approaches to skin and soft tissue Infections.

Seres Therapeutics reported its financials recently including the performance of it therapy, Vowst, as well as updates on its business and one of its investigational therapies.