Lymphocyte and neutrophil count combined with intestinal bacteria abundance predict the severity of COVID-19.

Liuying ChenZhongwei YinDan ZhouXin LiCheng YuChang LuoYu JinLei ZhangJun SongLeo RascheHermann EinseleLei TuXiang Zhou Tao BaiXiaohua Hou

Published in: Microbiology spectrum (2023)

The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients had a unique profile of gut bacteria. In this study, we characterized the intestinal bacteria in our COVID-19 cohorts and found that there was an increased incidence of severe cases in COVID-19 patients with decreased lymphocytes and increased neutrophils. Levels of lymphocytes and neutrophils and abundances of intestinal bacteria correlated with the severity of COVID-19.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
sars cov
peripheral blood
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
risk factors
early onset
microbial community