Photography: Julia Benito Rodriguez

The study, which can be read at: https://rdcu.be/brU3R, showed that infected patients present delirium more frequently during admission, deteriorate functionally and have higher overall mortality even in the months after discharge than other hospitalized patients of similar age and comorbidities. These results provide valuable clinical information on this infection, whose effects could go beyond the diseased intestine. Biomedical research thus continues to advance our understanding of the role of the gut-brain axis and the gut microbiota in various diseases. This international collaboration is the result of a stay in the United States financed by the Carlos III Health Institute, the Spanish Society of Internal Medicine (SEMI) and the Madrid-Castilla la Mancha Society of Internal Medicine (SOMIMACA).