GI Infectious Disease News & Articles

521 Gram negative bacteraemia - are they preventable and what will E. coli surveillance add Journal of Infection Prevention, March 12, 2013    Clinical Article

522 Epidemiology, risk factors and impact on long-term pancreatic function of infection following pancreas-kidney transplantation Clinical Microbiology and Infection, March 12, 2013    Clinical Article

523 Moderate, excessive or heavy alcohol consumption: each is significantly associated with increased mortality in patients with chronic hepatitis C Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, March 11, 2013    Clinical Article

524 Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Antigen–4 +49A/G polymorphism does not affect susceptibility to autoimmune hepatitis Liver International, March 11, 2013    Review Article

525 Toll-Like Receptors in Hepatitis C Infection: Implications for Pathogenesis and Treatment Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, March 11, 2013    Review Article

526 Replication And Distribution Of Toxoplasma Gondii In The Small Intestine After Oral Infection With Tissue Cysts Infection and Immunity, March 11, 2013    Review Article

527 Duration of protection against hepatitis A for the current two-dose vaccine compared to a three-dose vaccine schedule in children Vaccine , March 11, 2013    Clinical Article

528 Duodenal Mycobacterium genavense infection in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Endoscopy, March 11, 2013

529 Role of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth and Helicobacter pylori Infection in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: A Prospective Analysis Acta Dermato-Venereologica, March 8, 2013    Clinical Article

530 Increasing frequency of gram-positive cocci and gram-negative multi-drug resistant bacteria in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis Liver International, March 8, 2013    Clinical Article

531 Preliminary evidence of sustained expression of angiopoietin-2 during monocyte differentiation in chronic hepatitis C Liver International, March 8, 2013    Review Article

532 Association between Helicobacter pylori and asthma: a meta-analysis European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, March 8, 2013    Clinical Article

533 Insulin resistance: a major factor associated with significant liver fibrosis in Egyptian patients with genotype 4 chronic hepatitis C European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, March 8, 2013    Clinical Article

534 Hepatitis B reactivation in chronic myeloid leukemia patients receiving tyrosine kinase inhibitor Full Text World Journal of Gastroenterology, March 8, 2013

535 The treatment of genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C virus infection in liver transplant candidates and recipients Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, March 7, 2013    Clinical Article

536 Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O26:H11/H-: A New Virulent Clone Emerges in Europe Clinical Infectious Diseases, March 7, 2013

537 Hospital mortality over time in patients with specific complications of liver cirrhosis Liver International, March 7, 2013    Review Article

538 Noninvasive evaluation of hepatic fibrosis in HCV-infected patients using EOB-MR imaging Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, March 7, 2013    Clinical Article

539 Controlled Attenuation Parameter for Non-invasive Assessment of Hepatic Steatosis: Does aetiology affect performance Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, March 7, 2013    Review Article

540 Toll-like Receptor Signaling Activation by Entamoeba histolytica Induces Beta Defensin 2 in Human Colonic Epithelial Cells: Its Possible Role as an Element of the Innate Immune Response Full Text PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, March 7, 2013    Review Article
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1 An alpaca nanobody inhibits hepatitis C virus entry and cell-to-cell transmission Hepatology, April 15, 2013    Review Article

2 Two cases of fulminant colitis due to binary toxin-positive clostridium difficile, that are not pcr ribotype 027 nor type 078 Journal of Medical Microbiology, April 10, 2013    Review Article

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

4 Contrast-enhanced ultrasonographic findings of hepatic paragonimiasis World Journal of Gastroenterology, April 9, 2013    Free full text

5 The gut microbiota of a patient with resistant tuberculosis is more comprehensively studied by culturomics than by metagenomics European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, April 11, 2013    Review Article

6 Coinfection with Hepatitis B and D: Epidemiology, Prevalence and Disease in Patients in Northern California Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, April 15, 2013

7 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

8 Maternal immunization promotes the immune response of neonates towards hepatitis B vaccine Journal of Viral Hepatitis, April 22, 2013

9 Outcome of Bacteraemia Due to Extended-Spectrum Β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia Coli: Impact Of Microbiological Determinants Journal of Infection, April 17, 2013    Review Article

10 Effect of HIV on Liver Fibrosis Among HCV-Infected African Americans Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 10, 2013

11 Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Clostridium difficile Infection: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis The American Journal of Gastroenterology, April 5, 2013

12 Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Impact of Isolated Antibody to Hepatitis B Core Antigen and Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection in HIV-1-Infected Pregnant Women Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 11, 2013

13 Subacute intestinal obstruction: an enigma revisited Tropical Doctor, April 4, 2013    Free full text    Review Article

14 Markers of Intestinal Inflammation, Not Bacterial Burden, Correlate With Clinical Outcomes in Clostridium difficile Infection Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 8, 2013

15 Prevalent and Incident Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men Engaged in Primary Care in a Boston Community Health Center Clinical Infectious Diseases, March 28, 2013

16 Opportunistic viral infections in intestinal transplantation Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, April 17, 2013    Review Article

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

18 Prophylactic Effect of Antiretroviral Therapy on Hepatitis B Virus Infection Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 4, 2013

19 Genome-Wide Association Study of Spontaneous Resolution of Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Data From Multiple Cohorts Annals of Internal Medicine, March 1, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

20 Role of infected grandmothers in transmission of Helicobacter pylori to children in a Japanese rural town Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, April 16, 2013    Review Article