The natural history of COVID-19 in vaccinated inflammatory bowel disease patients.
N ViazisI DrygiannakisK KarmirisA TheodoropoulouE ZampeliM TzouvalaG BamiasC LiatsosG TheocharisS VrakasE TsironiN MathouA MantakaA ChristidouK KoustenisCh VeretanosE PapathanasiouE ZacharopoulouG TriboniasV KitsouS KartsoliA TheodoulouS MichopoulosK ThomopoulosI E KoutroubakisG J MantzarisPublished in: Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver (2023)
A minority of completely vaccinated IBD patients developed COVID-19 which evolved with mild symptoms and a favorable outcome. These results reinforce the importance of vaccination especially in vulnerable populations.