Search results for "Infectious diseases"
Spotlight on HCV screening
New guidance from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the Infectious Diseases Society of America recommended universal hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening for all adults, and two recent studies reported on interventions that improved HCV screening and care in baby boomers.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2019/12/27/5.htm
27 Dec 2019
Study identifies potential predictors of hospital-onset C. difficile infection
In patients colonized with Clostridioides difficile, risk factors for infection included longer length of stay, exposure to multiple classes of antibiotics, use of opioids, and cirrhosis, whereas use of laxatives was associated with a lower risk.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/26/8.htm
26 Jul 2019
Updated guidelines for C. diff infection address fecal transplant, laboratory testing
The guidelines recommend laboratory testing for C. diff only in patients with new-onset, unexplained diarrhea, defined as at least three unformed stools in 24 hours, among other guidance.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/02/23/1.htm
23 Feb 2018
Nearly all patients in study achieved sustained virologic response after 12 weeks of new HCV treatment
The drug combination appeared effective in adults with HCV genotypes 1, 2, 4, 5, or 6 infection and compensated cirrhosis in the industry-funded trial.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/08/25/3.htm
25 Aug 2017
Antibiotic stewardship programs reduce incidence of C. difficile, multidrug-resistant infections, review finds
The systematic review also found that antibiotic stewardship programs were significantly more effective when implemented along with infection control measures.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/28/12.htm
28 Jul 2017
Fecal transplants by pill noninferior to colonoscopy delivery
The primary outcome of the unblinded, randomized trial was the proportion of patients without recurrent Clostridium difficile infection 12 weeks after fecal transplant.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/22/1.htm
22 Dec 2017
Effects of gastric acid suppression drugs on COVID-19 outcomes still unclear
A meta-analysis didn't find an association between famotidine use and severe disease or death from COVID-19, and the association of these outcomes with proton-pump inhibitors varied by study type.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/26/1.htm
26 Feb 2021
Review: In chronic hepatitis C virus infection, oral direct-acting antivirals have high sustained virologic response
A commentary in ACP Journal Club noted that while screening and treating all patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) would be cost-effective and probably cost-saving, some payers are still resistant.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/28/11.htm
28 Jul 2017
H. pylori frequently resistant to usual antibiotic treatments, meta-analysis finds
Primary and secondary resistance rates to clarithromycin, metronidazole, and levofloxacin were found to be at least 15%, the common threshold for choosing alternative empiric regimens, in almost all World Health Organization regions.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/27/3.htm
27 Jul 2018
HCV treatment by NPs, PCPs appears safe, effective as that provided by subspecialists
Reversing insurance restrictions that limit prescribing of direct-acting antivirals might allow rapid escalation of safe, effective therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and could improve the care of patients, study authors noted.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/08/25/6.htm
25 Aug 2017