Outcomes and implications of diarrhea in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Hai Tao ShangTao BaiYuhua ChenChao HuangShengyan ZhangPengcheng YangLei ZhangXiaohua Hou

Published in: Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology (2020)

Diarrhea caused by high enteric viral burden may lead to long course and poor outcome in COVID-19 patients. The patients with diarrhea and respiratory symptoms were prone to serious condition, and had worse outcomes. However, the patients with diarrhea alone showed mild illness but delayed health-seeking.

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