Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Stool culture “performed worse than would be expected” in diagnosing cholera during a waning outbreak in Haiti.

Cholera is a severe diarrheal disease caused by a toxin produced by Vibrio cholerae that leads to life-threatening losses of fluid and electrolytes. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), ...

Ivory Coast health authorities have declared a cholera outbreak in the capital’s outskirts, reporting seven deaths and dozens of infections within days. This has reignited fears of a larger health ...

A University of Arizona Health Sciences-led study found that patients are more likely to get colonoscopies following abnormal stool test results if patient navigators assist them through the process.

The deadly bacterium behind cholera epidemics spends only a fraction of its life infecting humans. Most of the time, Vibrio cholerae lurks in estuaries and other semisalty aquatic habitats.

Crofelemer previously granted orphan-drug designation by the FDA and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for both short bowel syndrome and microvillus inclusion disease SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESSWIRE ...