At the annual Digestive Disease Week conference, researchers reported results on the first luminal shotgun sequencing of the small intestine, which identified specific strains of Escherichia coli and ...

Scientists have identified a critical factor that may contribute to the spread of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), shedding light on why these infections are so difficult to combat. Their study ...

Small intestinal bowel overgrowth (SIBO) is a condition in which there is upward proliferation of the colonic bacteria, so that they start to grow in the small intestine. The usual definition is more ...