Gastroenterology
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C. Diff eradication not necessary for clinical cure of recurrent infections with fecal transplant
Clinical
Antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent spontaneous bacterial peritonitis may not be effective
In patients with cirrhosis, is antibiotic prophylaxis beneficial to prevent spontaneous bacterial peritonitis?
Clinical
Acid suppression therapy increases intestinal colonization of MDROs
Is acid suppression therapy associated with an increased risk of intestinal colonization with multidrug-resistant microorganisms (MDROs)?
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C. difficile: Conflicting guidelines
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C. difficile guidelines offer new possibilities
Updated recommendations address issues of diagnosis, recurrence, and fecal microbial transplant.
Clinical
Fact or fiction? Intravascular contrast and acute kidney injury
The risks of contrast-associated AKI are overstated, implying the truer danger lies with inadequate imaging.
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Safety-net burden linked with poorer inpatient cirrhosis outcomes
Even so, hospitalizations and mortality were still higher in Black patients than White patients after controlling for hospitals’ safety-net burden...
Clinical
In acute lower GI bleeding, there may be no benefit to early colonoscopy
Does early colonoscopy within 24 hours of presentation for adults with acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding improve outcomes, compared with...
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Microbiome therapeutic offers durable protection against C. difficile recurrence
“The hope would be that one or more ... would probably replace the vast majority of FMT [procedures] that we do clinically,”said Dr. Sahil Khanna...
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Fecal microbiota transplantation impacts microRNAs implicated in recurrent C. difficile
“The findings from this study are extremely exciting and promising for the creation of novel therapeutics for patients with C. difficile...