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Gastroenterology

Australian evidence links enterococcal infection with cancer

Routine scopes are advised for some patients, say infectious diseases specialists
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25 June 2019
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Infectious diseases specialists are calling for routine colonoscopies in certain patients with enterococcal bacteraemia because of its apparent link with colorectal cancer.

They have reviewed 180 enterococcal infection cases recorded at one Victorian pathology service over a seven-year period.

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