id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-261029-befymalm Sultan, Keith Review of inflammatory bowel disease and COVID-19 2020-10-07 .txt text/plain 3257 153 48 Early reports of the virus, now known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, and its clinical disease coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has shown higher rates of morbidity and mortality in the elderly and those with pre-existing medical conditions. The authors also reported that there had been no cases of IBD/SARS-CoV-2 infected patients in the three largest tertiary IBD centers in Wuhan (Tongji Hospital, Union Hospital, and Zhongnan Hospital) at the time their manuscript was prepared, March 8, 2020. Rodriguez-Lago et al [29] reported on 40 cases of IBD (21 hospitalized) with confirmed positive tests for SARS-CoV-2 from 5 sites in the Basque Country (Spain), median age 59 years, 60% male, 32% Crohn's disease (CD), with 28% on immune therapy, 18% biologic, and 10% systemic corticosteroids. To date, the largest national case reporting has come from a combined 24 IBD referral centers in Italy, affiliated with the Italian Group for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IG-IBD) [32] . ./cache/cord-261029-befymalm.txt ./txt/cord-261029-befymalm.txt