Background The initiating events of chronic gastrointestinal (GI) inflammation in Crohn's
disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are not well‐defined, but GI infections are …

The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), comprising Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative
colitis (UC), are chronic, progressive, inflammatory conditions of the gastrointestinal tract …

Background & Aims Gastrointestinal infections have been associated with later development
of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). However, studies have produced conflicting results …

Background & Aims Multiple environmental factors have been associated with the
development of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). We performed an umbrella review of …

Abstract Background Opportunistic infections (OIs) are more common in patients with
inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); however, there have been limited large-scale studies of …

Background & Aims: Infectious gastroenteritis (IGE) is known to exacerbate previously
diagnosed inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, limited data are available …

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to perform a meta-analysis investigating
antibiotic exposure as a risk factor for developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) …

Infections have been reported in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), especially
in association with anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory medications used to treat IBD …

Aim: The aim of this study was to critically assess all available evidence suggesting an
association between antibiotic exposure and new onset of inflammatory bowel disease …

Background Although immune‐mediated diseases (IMDs) including inflammatory bowel
diseases (IBDs) are known to cluster, to what extent this is due to common environmental …