Gastroenteritis

  • Rotavirus Vaccine Greatly Reduced Gastroenteritis Hospitalizations in Children
    Vaccination against rotavirus, a major cause of severe acute gastroenteritis in children, dramatically decreased hospitalization rates for the infection among infants in three U.S. counties, according to a new study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. From 2006 to ...More
    June 24, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Handling Food Improperly Culprit of Many Gastrointestinal Outbreaks in Schools
    In the confined space of a classroom, gastrointestinal illnesses can spread quickly, causing sufferers many painful and uncomfortable symptoms. But what is to blame for a school-based outbreak? In most cases, improper food handling is the culprit, says a Ryerson University ...More
    January 27, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Researchers Examine Factors Associated With Endemic Intestinal Infectious Diseases
    Studies of water-related gastrointestinal infections are usually directed at outbreaks, and few have examined endemic illness or compared rates across different water supply and sewage disposal systems. Teschke, et al. (2010) conducted a cohort study of physician visits and ...More
    December 20, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Cruising for a Norovirus Infection?
    A team of researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), Carney Hospital, Cambridge Health Alliance and Tufts University School of Medicine, have found that widespread poor compliance with regular cleaning of public restrooms on cruise ships may predict ...More
    November 3, 2009
    Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene, Hand Hygiene
  • Researchers Turn to Unique Resource for Clues to Norovirus Evolution
    A search through decades-old frozen infant stool samples has yielded rich dividends for scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. The team customized a laboratory technique to screen ...More
    October 1, 2009
    Posted in News
  • Taking Sharper Aim at Stomach Ulcer Bacteria
    Scientists are reporting discovery of a much sought after crack in the armor of a common microbe that infects the stomachs of one-sixth of the world’s population, causing stomach ulcers and other diseases. They identified a group of substances that block a key ...More
    September 30, 2009
    Posted in News
  • Infections May Lead to Faster Memory Loss in Alzheimer's Disease
    Getting a cold, stomach bug or other infection may lead to increased memory loss in people with Alzheimer's disease, according to research published in the Sept. 8, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study found ...More
    September 8, 2009
    Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
  • Study Shows Germs Succumb to Broccoli Sprouts
    A small pilot study of 50 people in Japan suggests that eating two and a half ounces of broccoli sprouts daily for two months may confer some protection against a rampant stomach bug that causes gastritis, ulcers and even stomach cancer. Citing their new "demonstration of ...More
    April 6, 2009
    Posted in News
  • Early Treatment of Stomach Infection May Prevent Cancer
    Based on research using a new mouse model of gastritis and stomach cancer, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say that prompt treatment of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infections reverses damage to the lining of the stomach that can lead to ...More
    May 1, 2008
    Posted in News
  • Infection Control in Alternate Settings
    Research shows that compliance to infection control (IC) precautions is internationally suboptimal and, according to European researchers, compliance at suboptimal levels has "significant implications for staff safety, patient protection and the care environment."¹On ...More
    April 1, 2008
    Posted in Articles, PPE & Standard Precautions

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