Alterations in Gut Microbiota of Patients With COVID-19 During Time of Hospitalization

Zuo, Tao; Zhang, Fen; Lui, Grace; Kit Yeoh, Yun; Y. L. Li, Amy; Zhan, Hui; Wan, Yating; Chung, Arthur; Pan Cheung, Chun; Chen, Nan; K.C. Lai, Christopher; Chen, Zigui; Y. K. Tso, Eugene; S. C. Fung, Kitty; Chan, Veronica; Ling, Lowell; M. Joynt, Gavin; S.C. Hui, David; K.L. Chan, Francis; K.S. Chan, Paul; C. Ng, Siew

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2020.05.048

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Alterations in Gut Microbiota of Patients With COVID-19 During Time of Hospitalization

Published in Gastroenterology • May 20, 2020

Authors:

Tao Zuo

Fen Zhang

Grace Lui

Abstract

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Although severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infects gastrointestinal tissues, little is known about the roles of gut commensal microbes in susceptibility to and severity of infection. We investigated changes in fecal microbiomes of patients with SARS-CoV-...

Subject

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Gut flora

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak

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