Inflammatory bowel disease and SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: current knowledge and recommendations

Abstract

In the last year, we are facing a pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 which causes a disease called COVID-19. In everyday practice, we encounter a number of issues related to IBD patients and COVID-19. So far, we have a lot of information regarding issues of IBD patients and COVID-19, but they are scattered across numerous scientific articles. In this review, we have made a synthesis of previous knowledge regarding the main issues such as IBD patients and risk of SARS-CoV-2infection/COVID-19, outcomes of IBD patients infected with SARS-CoV-2, treatment of IBD patients in the pandemic era, endoscopy in the pandemic era, vaccination, and patient’s perception and well-being during the pandemic era. The main goal of our paper is to summarize current knowledge in this literature review.

Keywords:

• IBD
• SARS-CoV-2
• COVID-19
• IBD patients
• COVID-19-endoscopy

Author contributions

Dinko Bekic: conception and design of the study; drafting of the manuscript; final approval of the version to be submitted; agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work; Zeljka Belosic Halle: acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of data for the manuscript; critically revising of work for important intellectual content; final approval of the version to be submitted; agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).