The Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): A Retrospective Nationwide Study

In this retrospective population-based study, we found that patients with ulcerative colitis and concurrent HIV had a milder course of the disease when compared to ulcerative colitis patients that were not infected with HIV. These findings support the remission theory in that HIV may play a role in inflammatory bowel disease.