Gut microbiota and COVID-19: A systematic review.
Seyed Ahmad Seyed AlinaghiArian AfzalianZahra PashaeiSanaz VarshochiAmirali KarimiHengameh MojdeganlouPaniz MojdeganlouArmin RaziFarzaneh GhanadinezhadAlireza ShojaeiAva AmiriMohsen DashtiAfsaneh GhasemzadehOmid DadrasSeyed Ahmad Seyed AlinaghiAmir Masoud AfsahiPublished in: Health science reports (2023)
Our study concludes that there was a significant difference in the composition of the URT, and gut microbiota in COVID-19 patients compared to the general healthy individuals, with an increase in opportunistic pathogens. Further, research is needed to investigate the probable bidirectional association of COVID-19 and human microbiome.