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This article collection is compiled of research from the Therapeutic Advance Series, covering content relating to COVID-19.
SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of a Patient with Long COVID
Lung microbiota dysbiosis and the implications of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy
The emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
Preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection by blocking a tissue serine protease
Prognostic factors in cancer patients infected with SARS-CoV-2: a Latin American country results
Oral disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs and immunosuppressants with antiviral potential, including SARS-CoV-2 infection: a review
Treatment of severe acute ulcerative colitis in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients: report of three cases and discussion of treatment options
Methods to disinfect and decontaminate SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review of in vitro studies
The complex relationship between viruses and inflammatory bowel disease – review and practical advices for the daily clinical decision-making during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
Involvement of digestive system in COVID-19: manifestations, pathology, management and challenges
Mechanisms and management of prothrombotic state in COVID-19 disease
Ocular manifestations of COVID-19
Management of a Parkinson’s disease patient with severe COVID-19 pneumonia
Safety of fecal microbiota transplantation for Clostridioides difficile infection focusing on pathobionts and SARS-CoV-2
Convalescent Blood Products in COVID-19: A Narrative Review
Systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical outcomes of COVID-19 patients undergoing gastrointestinal endoscopy
COVID-19 and conjunctivitis: a meta-analysis
SARS-CoV-2: the endocrinological protective clinical model derived from patients with prostate cancer
Missed opportunities to identify cryptococcosis in COVID-19 patients: a case report and literature review
The gut microbiome: an under-recognised contributor to the COVID-19 pandemic?
Androgen-deprivation therapy and SARS-Cov-2 infection: the potential double-face role of testosterone
Convalescent plasma appears efficacious and safe in COVID-19
Impact of COVID-19 outbreak in an Italian cohort of patients with systemic sclerosis
Optimizing diabetes mellitus care to improve COVID-19 outcomes in resource-limited settings in Africa
The impact of COVID-19 on tuberculosis: challenges and opportunities
Treatment with eltrombopag of severe immune thrombocytopenia and hemolytic anemia associated with COVID-19 pneumonia: a case report
Testosterone target therapy: focus on immune response, controversies and clinical implications in patients with COVID-19 infection
Analysis of the effects of the first and second/third waves of the COVID-19 pandemic on an Interdisciplinary Endoscopy Unit in a German ‘hotspot’ area: a single-center experience
Differences in RAAS/vitamin D linked to genetics and socioeconomic factors could explain the higher mortality rate in African Americans with COVID-19
Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as a repurposed agent against COVID-19: a narrative review
Technical and clinical outcomes of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedures performed in patients with COVID-19
COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among high-risk populations in Uganda
Bilio-pancreatic endoscopy during COVID-19 pandemic
Retinal vascular findings in patients with COVID-19
Symptom cluster analysis of long COVID-19 in patients discharged from the Temporary COVID-19 Hospital in Mexico City
Assessment of corneal endothelial cell morphology and anterior segment parameters in COVID-19
How to get away with COVID-19: endoscopy during post-peak pandemic. A perspective review
Covid-19 and the management of patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a practical decalogue for the post-pandemic phase
Tocilizumab and liver injury in patients with COVID-19
Bacterial co-infections and antibiotic prescribing practice in adults with COVID-19: experience from a single hospital cluster
Influence of colchicine prescription in COVID-19-related hospital admissions: a survival analysis
A review on recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients with COVID-19 infection
Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 patients with complications: implications for management
Management of clozapine treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic
Why such excess of mortality for COVID-19 in Spain?
The effect of COVID-19 on absolute neutrophil counts in patients taking clozapine
Pharmacotherapeutic approach toward urological medications and vaccination during COVID-19: a narrative review
Immunogenicity and safety of inactivated and mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Cardiovascular risk factors and clinical outcomes of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia in Somalia
Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor use and mortality in COVID-19 patients with diabetes mellitus: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
Probiotics use is associated with improved clinical outcomes among hospitalized patients with COVID-19
The importance of physical activity in management of type 2 diabetes and COVID-19
Current smoking, former smoking, and adverse outcome among hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Possible unrecognised liver injury is associated with mortality in critically ill COVID-19 patients
Mortality related to COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, first wave of the outbreak: a single-center study
COVID-19 and post-infectious myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: a narrative review
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among staff and students in a Nigerian tertiary educational institution
Emerging and experimental treatments for COVID-19 and drug interactions with psychotropic agents
Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on the workflow of endoscopy units: an international survey
COVID-19: a review of current knowledge regarding exposure, quarantine, isolation and other preventive measures
The impact of a dedicated contact centre on the clinical outcome of patients with inflammatory bowel disease during the COVID-19 outbreak
Early fibroproliferative signs on high-resolution CT are associated with mortality in COVID-19 pneumonia patients with ARDS: a retrospective study
Remdesivir use and outcomes during the FDA COVID-19 emergency use authorization period
Impact of COVID-19-associated anxiety on the adherence to intravitreal injection in patients with macular diseases a year after the initial outbreak
Impact of preemptive hospitalization on health outcomes at the temporary COVID-19 hospital in Mexico City: a prospective observational study
Elevated glycohemoglobin is linked to critical illness in COVID-19: a retrospective analysis
The neurological symptoms of COVID-19: a systematic overview of systematic reviews, comparison with other neurological conditions and implications for healthcare services
High expression of neutrophil and monocyte CD64 with simultaneous lack of upregulation of adhesion receptors CD11b, CD162, CD15, CD65 on neutrophils in severe COVID-19
Hospital admissions in inflammatory rheumatic diseases during the peak of COVID-19 pandemic: incidence and role of disease-modifying agents
Vitamin D in the time of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic – a clinical review from a public health and public mental health perspective
How did the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic affect urology practice in Arab countries? A cross-sectional study by the Arab Association of Urology research group
Keeping alive enterprises while embracing unprecedented COVID-19 restrictions
Benefits of COVID-19 viral screening of formerly incarcerated individuals during community reentry
COVID-19 associated mucormycosis: the urgent need to reconsider the indiscriminate use of immunosuppressive drugs
Overt and non-overt disseminated intravascular coagulation and the potential role of heparin in the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak
Knowledge and awareness of COVID-19 epidemic preparedness and response among health care workers in Makkah city
Understanding the clinical utility of favipiravir (T-705) in coronavirus disease of 2019: a review
Neurological manifestations of long-COVID syndrome: a narrative review
Management of anti-VEGF intravitreal treatment at University Hospital Federico II of Naples during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown
Personal protective equipment use by healthcare workers in intensive care unit during the early phase of COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: a secondary analysis of the PPE-SAFE survey
Structural reorganization of the ophthalmological practice in a COVID-19 hub hospital: experience from European epicenter of the pandemic
Does the direct renin inhibitor have a role to play in attenuating severity of the outbreak coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)?
Insights into the management of anorectal disease in the coronavirus 2019 disease era
Fecal microbiota transplantation for recurrent Clostridioides difficile, safety, and pitfalls
A glimpse into the future of systemic lupus erythematosus
Tying the past to the present: time tested knowledge with state-of-the-art technology in the fight against emerging and drug resistant microbes
Telemedicine in clinical gastroenterology practice: what do patients prefer?
The elderly IBD patient in the modern era: changing paradigms in risk stratification and therapeutic management
The role of bronchoscopy in the diagnosis and management of pediatric pulmonary tuberculosis
Clostridioides difficile infection: curbing a difficult menace
A narrative review of current evidence supporting the implementation of electronic patient-reported outcome measures in the management of chronic diseases
The role of gut mycobiome in health and diseases
The role of faecal microbiota transplantation: looking beyond Clostridioides difficile infection
Hydroxychloroquine in systemic lupus erythematosus: overview of current knowledge
Neuro-axonal injury in COVID-19: the role of systemic inflammation and SARS-CoV-2 specific immune response
Comprehensive literature review on COVID-19 vaccines and role of SARS-CoV-2 variants in the pandemic
Oropharyngeal swab for SARS-CoV-2 test causing atypical internal carotid artery dissection and stroke in a patient after mild COVID-19
Unexpected tumor reduction in metastatic colorectal cancer patients during SARS-Cov-2 infection
Observational cohort study of neurological involvement among patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection
COVID-19 and cerebrovascular diseases: a comprehensive overview
Neurological manifestations and implications of COVID-19 pandemic
Oxygen therapy via high flow nasal cannula in severe respiratory failure caused by Sars-Cov-2 infection: a real-life observational study
The use of nebulized pharmacotherapies during the COVID-19 pandemic
Lung under attack by COVID-19-induced cytokine storm: pathogenic mechanisms and therapeutic implications
Humoral immune response to COVID-19 mRNA vaccine in patients with multiple sclerosis treated with high-efficacy disease-modifying therapies
Can we develop oncolytic SARS-CoV-2 to specifically target cancer cells?
Symptomatic COVID-19 in advanced-cancer patients treated with immune-checkpoint inhibitors: prospective analysis from a multicentre observational trial by FICOG
Specialist palliative and end-of-life care for patients with cancer and SARS-CoV-2 infection: a European perspective
Doxycycline treatment of high-risk COVID-19-positive patients with comorbid pulmonary disease
Extensive cerebellar involvement and cognitive impairment in COVID-19-associated acute necrotizing encephalopathy
Three-month outcomes of recovered COVID-19 patients: prospective observational study
COVID-19 in cancer patients on systemic anti-cancer therapies: outcomes from the CAPITOL (COVID-19 Cancer PatIenT Outcomes in North London) cohort study
Identifying higher risk subgroups of health care workers for priority vaccination against COVID-19
Therapeutic interventions for COVID-19: a living overview of reviews
Drug safety of frequently used drugs and substances for self-medication in COVID-19
IgG antibody titers to SARS-CoV-2 reveal a distinct efficacy of multiple sclerosis-modifying therapies to curtail lymphocyte compartments
Potential specific therapies in COVID-19
Renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system blockers and region-specific variations in COVID-19 outcomes: findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis
Early predictors for mechanical ventilation in COVID-19 patients
Targeting the gut–lung microbiota axis by means of a high-fibre diet and probiotics may have anti-inflammatory effects in COVID-19 infection
Systematic review of immunosuppressant guidelines in the COVID-19 pandemic
Transdermal approaches to vaccinations in the COVID-19 pandemic era
Dysfunction of adaptive immunity is related to severity of COVID-19: a retrospective study
High flow nasal cannula oxygenation in COVID-19 related acute respiratory distress syndrome: a safe way to avoid endotracheal intubation?
Does pre-existent physical inactivity have a role in the severity of COVID-19?
TNFα inhibitor may be effective for severe COVID-19: learning from toxic epidermal necrolysis
Potential neurological symptoms of COVID-19
Effectiveness of corticosteroids on chest high-resolution computed tomography features of COVID-19 pneumonia
Routine use of immunosuppressants is associated with mortality in hospitalised patients with COVID-19
Outcome of oncological patients admitted with COVID-19: experience of a hospital center in northern Italy
The predictive role of lymphocyte subsets and laboratory measurements in COVID-19 disease: a retrospective study
Pregnancy and breastfeeding during COVID-19 pandemic
ICU outcomes in Covid-19 patients with obesity
Definition and retrospective application of a clinical scoring system for COVID-19 triage at presentation
Effectiveness of the use of a high-flow nasal cannula to treat COVID-19 patients and risk factors for failure: a meta-analysis
Persistent decline of hospitalizations for acute stroke and acute coronary syndrome during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece: collateral damage unaffected
Worrying situation regarding the use of dexamethasone for COVID-19
High-flow nasal cannula versus noninvasive ventilation in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Impact of bronchiectasis on susceptibility to and severity of COVID-19: a nationwide cohort study
Clinical characteristics and risk factors for severity of COVID-19 outside Wuhan: a double-center retrospective cohort study of 213 cases in Hunan, China
C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, D-dimer, and ferritin in severe coronavirus disease-2019: a meta-analysis
Respiratory viral infections in the elderly
Mortality, seasonal variation, and susceptibility to acute exacerbation of COPD in the pandemic year: a nationwide population study
Utilizing telehealth to create a clinical model of care for patients with Batten disease and other rare diseases
Post-infectious neurological disorders
Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Consensus Group (MSTCG): position statement on disease-modifying therapies for multiple sclerosis (white paper)
MOG antibody–associated encephalomyelitis mimicking bacterial meningomyelitis following ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination: a case report
Outcomes of the 2019 novel coronavirus in patients with or without a history of cancer: a multi-centre North London experience
The safety, tolerability and mortality reduction efficacy of remdesivir; based on randomized clinical trials, observational and case studies reported safety outcomes: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: Pakistan struggles to vaccinate its way out of the pandemic
Translating evidence into practice during the COVID-19 pandemic: pitfalls and mileages
Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine for COVID-19: psychiatric aspects of patient safety considerations
Patients with locally advanced and metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma treated with immunotherapy in the era of COVID-19: stop or go? Data from five Italian referral cancer centers
Low rate of COVID-19 vaccination in Africa: a cause for concern
COVID-19: should oral vaccination strategies be given more consideration?
Adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination: first 90 days of experience from a tertiary care teaching hospital in South India
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospitalizations and plasmapheresis therapy in multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: a nationwide analysis from Germany