Faecal calprotectin indicates intestinal inflammation in COVID-19

• Published in: Gut Vol. 69; no. 8; pp. 1543 - 1544
• Main Authors: Effenberger, Maria, Grabherr, Felix, Mayr, Lisa, Schwaerzler, Julian, Nairz, Manfred, Seifert, Markus, Hilbe, Richard, Seiwald, Stefanie, Scholl-Buergi, Sabine, Fritsche, Gernot, Bellmann-Weiler, Rosa, Weiss, Günter, Müller, Thomas, Adolph, Timon Erik, Tilg, Herbert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.08.2020; BMJ Publishing Group
• Series: Letter
• Subjects: ACE2; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2; Antiviral agents; Betacoronavirus; Biomarkers - metabolism; Colitis; Coronary artery disease; Coronaviridae; Coronavirus Infections - complications; Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis; Coronavirus Infections - metabolism; Coronaviruses; Cough; COVID-19; Cytokines; Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent); Diarrhea; Disease; Duodenum; Electron microscopy; Endocrinology; Esophagus; Feces; Female; Ferritin; Fever; Gastroenterology; Heart diseases; Hemoglobin; Hospitals; Humans; Immunosuppressive agents; Infections; Inflammation; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - diagnosis; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - metabolism; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - virology; Interleukin 6; Intestine; Leukocyte L1 Antigen Complex - metabolism; Leukocytes; Liver diseases; Male; Middle Aged; Nausea; Pandemics; Patients; Pharyngitis; Pneumonia, Viral - complications; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis; Pneumonia, Viral - metabolism; PostScript; Rectum; Respiratory diseases; Ribonucleic acid; RNA; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Vomiting; Austria; infectious diarrhoea; gut inflammation
• ISSN: 0017-5749; 1468-3288
• DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-321388