Preliminary considerations regarding the risk of COVID-19 and disease severity in chronic gastrointestinal conditions

Matteo Piciucchi; Andrea Sbrozzi-Vanni; Alice Rossi; Alissa Satriano; Iginio Dell'Amico; Vincenzo De Francesco; Angelo Zullo; Raffaele Manta

doi:10.20524/aog.2020.0498

Preliminary considerations regarding the risk of COVID-19 and disease severity in chronic gastrointestinal conditions

Ann Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul-Aug;33(4):327-329. doi: 10.20524/aog.2020.0498. Epub 2020 May 25.

Authors

Matteo Piciucchi¹, Andrea Sbrozzi-Vanni², Alice Rossi¹, Alissa Satriano³, Iginio Dell'Amico², Vincenzo De Francesco⁴, Angelo Zullo⁵, Raffaele Manta⁶

Affiliations

¹ Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Santa Maria Hospital of Orvieto (Matteo Piciucchi, Alice Rossi).
² Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Apuane Hospital of Massa (Andrea Sbrozzi-Vanni, Iginio Dell'Amico).
³ Nutriton Department, General Hospital of Perugia (Alissa Satriano).
⁴ Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, Riuniti Hospital, Foggia (Vincenzo De Francesco).
⁵ Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, Nuovo Regina Margherita Hospital, Rome (Angelo Zullo).
⁶ Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, General Hospital of Perugia (Raffaele Manta), Italy.

Abstract

The novel RNA betacoronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is driving great efforts in clinical and basic research and several studies of the epidemiology, risk factors, clinical and virological features of this infection are already available. However COVID-19 is a totally new pathological entity, and many gray areas regarding associated diseases still need to be elucidated, especially in the group of patients who suffer from preexistent gastrointestinal disease. The aim of this review is to summarize the published data on the correlation between chronic gastrointestinal disorders and COVID-19.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; chronic gastrointestinal disorders; inflammatory bowel disease.