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Our team of dedicated physician medical editors sort, rank and summarize articles in over 2,000 medical journals to bring you the key developments in your uniquely diverse field. In addition to general gastroenterology news, you'll find subspecialty coverage of the biliary system and pancreas, colorectal cancer and polyps, hepatology and liver disease, GI bleeding, GI infectious diseases, gastrointestinal endoscopy, obesity, parenteral and enteral nutrition, diagnostic imaging, and more.
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841 Clinical effects of probiotic bifidobacterium longum bb536 on immune function and intestinal microbiota in elderly patients receiving enteral tube feeding Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, January 9, 2013 Clinical Article

842 Avoidance of total abdominal wall loss despite torso soft tissue clostridial myonecrosis: a case report Full Text Journal of Medical Case Reports, January 9, 2013

843 Exploratory Study of Oral Combination Antiviral Therapy for Hepatitis C New England Journal of Medicine, January 8, 2013 Clinical Article

844 Bone alterations in hepatitis C virus infected patients European Journal of Internal Medicine , January 8, 2013 Review Article Clinical Article

845 Longitudinal Analyses of Gut Mucosal Microbiotas in Ulcerative Colitis in Relation to Age, Disease Severity and Duration Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 8, 2013 Review Article

846 Neutrophil–Lymphocyte Ratio as a Predictor of Disease Severity in Ulcerative Colitis Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, January 8, 2013 Clinical Article

847 Study on Noninvasive Laboratory Tests for Fibrosis in Chronic HBV Infection and Their Evaluation Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, January 8, 2013 Clinical Article

848 Interleukin-28 and hepatitis C virus genotype-4: Treatment-induced clearance and liver fibrosis Full Text World Journal of Gastroenterology, January 8, 2013 Clinical Article

849 EfaR is a major regulator of Enterococcus faecalis manganese transporters and influences processes involved in host colonization and infection Infection and Immunity, January 8, 2013 Clinical Article

850 Clinical characteristics of norovirus-associated deaths: A systematic literature review American Journal of Infection Control, January 8, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article Clinical Article

851 Human intestinal parasites in non-biting synanthropic flies in Ogun State, Nigeria Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease , January 8, 2013 Review Article

852 Vanishing bile duct syndrome in human immunodeficiency virus infected adults: A report of two cases Full Text World Journal of Gastroenterology, January 8, 2013

853 Falciform ligament abscess from left sided portal pyaemia following malignant obstructive cholangitis World Journal of Surgical Oncology, January 8, 2013

854 Tenofovir rescue therapy for chronic hepatitis B patients after multiple treatment failures Full Text World Journal of Gastroenterology, January 7, 2013 Clinical Article

855 Efficacy and Safety of Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2a or Alfa-2b Plus Ribavirin for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Clinical Infectious Diseases, January 7, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article

856 Cumulative viral evolutionary changes in chronic hepatitis B virus infection precedes hepatitis B e antigen seroconversion Gut, January 7, 2013 Clinical Article

857 Cytokine profile, proliferation and phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and Akt in circulating mononuclear cells from individuals during the chronic intestinal phase of Schistosomiasis mansoni infection Full Text BMC Infectious Diseases, January 7, 2013 Clinical Article

858 Neutropenic Enterocolitis, a Growing Concern in the Era of Widespread Use of Aggressive Chemotherapy Clinical Infectious Diseases, January 7, 2013 Clinical Article

859 How to optimize HCV therapy in genotype 1 patients: management of side-effects Liver International, January 7, 2013 Clinical Article

860 MK2 Kinase Contributes to Clostridium difficile-Associated Inflammation Infection and Immunity, January 7, 2013 Clinical Article

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Eating an early breakfast and dinner when taking PPIs can lower FSSG scores and improve GERD symptoms. (Factors leading to increased FSSG scores: female gender, inadequate sleep, lack of breakfast, antihypertensive agent non-users and dinner just before bedtime.)
33% of patients with suspected GERD are resistant or partially respond to PPIs
Infliximab is the only TNF inhibitor approved by the FDA for ulcerative colitis.

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What is the best strategy for CRC screening?

As published in the NEJM, researchers in the COLONPREV study (Spain) have reported that fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) is as effective as colonoscopy in the detection of colorectal cancer (CRC). The study population was 50-69 years of age and comprised of 26,703 subjects who underwent a one-time colonoscopy and 26,599 subjects who underwent FIT every 2 years. The primary outcome measure was CRC deaths at 10 years. Participation in screening was greater in the FIT group than the colonoscopy group (34.2% vs. 24.6%). Detection of CRC was similar between the two groups (0.1%). Advanced and non-advanced adenomas were detected more frequently in the colonoscopy group than the FIT group (1.9% vs. 0.9% [OR=2.3] and 4.2% vs. 0.4% [OR=9.8], respectively).

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PPIs increase risk of Clostridium difficile infection

Based on a meta-analysis involving 30 observational studies and 202,965 patients, proton pump inhibitor therapy has been shown to significantly increase the risk of infection with Clostridium difficile (OR = 2.15).

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Metformin improves survival in patients with DM and CRC

In a single institution study involving 424 patients with DM and CRC, those patients treated with metformin had a 30% improvement in OS compared with patients not treated with metformin. Specifically, the metformin-treated patients had a mean survival of 76.9 months compared to 56.9 months.

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1 Telaprevir Versus Boceprevir in Chronic Hepatitis C: A Meta-Analysis of Data From Phase II and III Trials Clinical Therapeutics, March 5, 2013

2 Ischemic Colitis with Type I Interferons Used in the Treatment of Hepatitis C and Multiple Sclerosis: An Evaluation from the Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System and Review of the Literature Annals of Pharmacotherapy, April 3, 2013 Review Article

3 Non-invasive serum fibrosis markers for screening and staging chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients in a large U.S. cohort Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 18, 2013

4 Incidence of Campylobacter and Salmonella Infections Following First Prescription for PPI: A Cohort Study Using Routine Data The American Journal of Gastroenterology, April 17, 2013

5 Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and the Risk of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth: A Meta-analysis Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology , April 23, 2013

6 Probiotic VSL#3 prevents antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial Journal of Hospital Infection, April 25, 2013

7 Treatment of HCV Infection by Targeting MicroRNA New England Journal of Medicine, April 2, 2013

8 Epidemiology of Hepatitis E in Low- and Middle-Income Countries of Asia and Africa Seminars in Liver Disease, April 16, 2013

9 An alpaca nanobody inhibits hepatitis C virus entry and cell-to-cell transmission Hepatology, April 15, 2013 Review Article

10 Meta-analysis: pegylated interferon -2a achieves higher early virological responses than -2b in chronic hepatitis C Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, April 16, 2013

11 The etiology of severe acute gastroenteritis among adults visiting emergency departments in the United States The Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 2, 2012 Free full text

12 Update on the Treatment of Patients With Non-Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Virus Infection Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 5, 2013

13 Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Immunosuppressed Patients: Natural History and Therapy Seminars in Liver Disease, April 25, 2013

14 TLR4, IL10RA, and NOD2 mutation in paediatric Crohns disease patients: an association with Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis and TLR4 and IL10RA expression Medical Microbiology and Immunology, March 12, 2013

15 Relevance of the Core 70 and IL-28B polymorphism and response-guided therapy of peginterferon alfa-2a ± ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C of Genotype 1b: a multicenter randomized trial, ReGIT-J study Journal of Gastroenterology, April 16, 2013 Review Article

16 Hepatitis C virus transmission during colonoscopy evidenced by phylogenetic analysis Journal of Clinical Virology, April 9, 2013 Review Article

17 Distribution of H. pylori virulence markers in patients with gastroduodenal diseases in a region at high risk of gastric cancer Microbial Pathogenesis, April 15, 2013 Review Article

18 Knowledge and attitudes about hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and its treatment in HCV mono-infected and HCV/HIV co-infected adults Journal of Viral Hepatitis, April 3, 2013

19 Molecular virology of chronic hepatitis B and C: Parallels, contrasts and impact on drug development and treatment outcome Antiviral Research , April 23, 2013

20 Bezafibrate maintenance therapy in patients with advanced chronic hepatitis C European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, April 12, 2013

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Gastroenterology - GI Infectious Disease News & Articles

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Clinical Pearls in Gastroenterology

Highlights in Gastroenterology

What is the best strategy for CRC screening?

PPIs increase risk of Clostridium difficile infection

Metformin improves survival in patients with DM and CRC

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