Category: Colitis

Intestinal Damage in COVID-19: SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Intestinal Thrombosis

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Authors: Xiaoming Wu1, Haijiao Jing1, Chengyue Wang1, Yufeng Wang1, Nan Zuo1, Tao Jiang2*, Valerie A. Novakovic3 and Jialan Shi1,3,4* Front. Microbiol., 22 March 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.860931 The intestinal tract, with high expression of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), is a major site of extrapulmonary infection in COVID-19. During pulmonary infection, the virus enters the bloodstream forming viremia, which infects and damages extrapulmonary organs. Uncontrolled viral […]

COVID-19 and the liver

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Authors: Dinesh Jothimani, Radhika Venugopal,∗Mohammed Forhad Abedin, Ilankumaran Kaliamoorthy, and Mohamed Rela J Hepatol. 2020 Nov; 73(5): 1231–1240.Published online 2020 Jun 15. doi: 10.1016/j. jhep.2020.06.006PMCID: PMC7295524PMID: 32553666 Abstract The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), has become a major public health crisis over the past few months. Overall case fatality rates range between 2–6%; […]

Abdominal Pain and Diffuse Colitis Following COVID-19 Infection: Report of a Case

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Authors: Rouzbeh ShadidiAsilaSetarehMahmoodiaAmirZamaniaAzadehHakakzadehbcElenaJamalid International Journal of Surgery Case Reports Volume 8, November 2021, 106473 Highlights • Patients with COVID-19 sometimes presents with GI symptoms in addition to respiratory symptoms.• Detecting RNA of SARS-CoV-2 in the stool specimen of the patient with COVD-19 has raised the concern of fecal-oral transmission of the virus.• Invasion of the virus […]