Gastrointestinal manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 infection in an Italian population of hospitalized patients.
Angelo MilanoKonstantinos EfthymakisDamiano D'ArdesMarco TanaElena MazzottaGiulia De FebisFrancesco LaterzaPierluigi TarquiniEnrico MariniEttore PorrecaFrancesco CipolloneMatteo NeriPublished in: Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology (2022)
Our study on an Italian population during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic shows that GI symptoms are part of the spectrum of the SARS-CoV-2 infection and could be the only manifestations at disease onset. Although patients with GI symptoms were associated with faster hospital admission and liver involvement, prognosis was not affected.