[Composition of oropharyngeal microbiota in patients with COVID-19 of different pneumonia severity].

E V Starikova Julia S Galeeva Dmitrii N Andreev Filipp S Sokolov Dmitry E Fedorov Alexander Manolov A V Pavlenko Ksenia M Klimina Vladimir A VeselovskyA V ZaborovskyVladimir V Evdokimov N G Andreev M K Devkota Aleksey K Fomenko V A Khar'kovskii P O Asadulin S A Kucher A S Cheremushkina O O Ianushevich Igor Maev N I Krikheli Oleg V Levchenko Elena N Ilina Vadim M Govorun

Published in: Terapevticheskii arkhiv (2022)

We have observed differences in the taxonomic composition of the oropharyngeal microbiota in patients with different forms of pneumonia developed outside hospital treatment against COVID-19. Such differences might be due to the presumed barrier function of the oropharyngeal microbiota, which reduces the risk of virus titer increase.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
sars cov
healthcare
emergency department
intensive care unit
adverse drug
acute respiratory distress syndrome