Foundation Journal Articles: COVID-19 & IBD

The Foundation’s journalsInflammatory Bowel Diseases and Crohn’s & Colitis 360—are focused on providing rapid dissemination of peer-reviewed work on COVID-19 and its relevance to IBD. All articles will be made available in full, open access format. Additional articles will be listed as they are accepted to the Foundation’s journals.


  • "Management of Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis in a Pregnant Woman With COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report and Review of the Literature"
    Melissa H Rosen, MD, Jordan Axelrad, MD, MPH, David Hudesman, MD, David T Rubin, MD, Shannon Chang, MD
    https://doi.org/10.1093/ibd/izaa109
  • "Anti-TNF-α Agents in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Course of COVID-19"
    Antonio Tursi, MD, Lorenzo Maria Vetrone, MD, Alfredo Papa, MD, PhD
    https://doi.org/10.1093/ibd/izaa114
  • “Use of the Endoscopic Healing Index (EHI) for Monitoring of Disease Activity in Crohn’s Disease Patients in the COVID Era”
    Maria T Abreu, MD, Lauren Okada, BS, Thierry Dervieux, PhD, Allison Luo, MD, Anjali Jain, PhD, Timothy Ritter, MD, Stephen B Hanauer, MD
    https://doi.org/10.1093/crocol/otaa035
  • “Case Report of a SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Patient With Ulcerative Colitis on Tofacitinib”
    Jeffrey Jacobs, MD, Kindra Clark-Snustad, DNP, Scott Lee, MD
    https://doi.org/10.1093/ibd/izaa093
  • “Expression of SARS-CoV-2 Entry Molecules ACE2 and TMPRSS2 in the Gut of Patients With IBD”
     Juan F Burgueño, DVM, PhD, Adrian Reich, PhD, Hajar Hazime, MS, Maria A Quintero, MD, Fernandez Irina, MS, Julia Fritsch, MS, Ana M Santander, BS, Nivis Brito, Oriana M Damas, MD, Amar Deshpande, MD, David H Kerman, MD, Lanyu Zhang, MS, Zhen Gao, PhD, Yuguang Ban, PhD, Lily Wang, PhD, Judith Pignac-Kobinger, MS, Maria T Abreu, MD
     https://doi.org/10.1093/ibd/izaa085
  • “Challenges in the Care of IBD Patients During the CoViD-19 Pandemic: Report From a “Red Zone” Area in Northern Italy”

    Vincenzo Occhipinti, MD, Luca Pastorelli, MD, PhD
    https://doi.org/10.1093/ibd/izaa084  

  • “Clinical and Psychological Issues in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease During COVID-19 Pandemic”

    Massimo Martinelli, MD, PhD, Caterina Strisciuglio, MD, PhD, Flora Fedele, MD, Erasmo Miele, MD, PhD, Annamaria Staiano, MD
    https://doi.org/10.1093/ibd/izaa136

Last updated May 2020