Gut microbiota composition reflects disease severity and dysfunctional immune responses in patients with COVID-19

Kit Yeoh, Yun; Zuo, Tao; Lui, Grace; Zhang, Fen; Liu, Qin; Y. L. Li, Amy; Chung, Arthur; Pan Cheung, Chun; Y. K. Tso, Eugene; SC Fung, Kitty; Chan, Veronica; Ling, Lowell; M. Joynt, Gavin; Hui, David; Ming Chow, Kai; S. Ng, Susanna; S. Ng, Susanna; Chun-Man Li, Timothy; W. Y. Ng, Rita; Cheuk‐Fung Yip, Terry; Lai‐Hung Wong, Grace; K.L. Chan, Francis; Kwok Wong, Chun; K.S. Chan, Paul; C Ng, Siew; C Ng, Siew

doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2020-323020

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Gut microbiota composition reflects disease severity and dysfunctional immune responses in patients with COVID-19

Published in Gut • Jan 11, 2021

Authors:

Yun Kit Yeoh

Tao Zuo

Grace Lui

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Although COVID-19 is primarily a respiratory illness, there is mounting evidence suggesting that the GI tract is involved in this disease. We investigated whether the gut microbiome is linked to disease severity in patients with COVID-19, and whether perturbations in microbiome compositio...

Subject

Dysfunctional family

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Immune system

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