Respiratory dysfunction three months after severe COVID-19 is associated with gut microbiota alterations.
Beate VestadThor UelandTøri Vigeland LerumTuva Børresdatter DahlKristian HolmAndreas Barratt-DueTrine KåsineAnne Ma Dyrhol-RiiseBirgitte StiksrudKristian TonbyHedda HoelInge Christoffer OlsenKaterina Nezvalova HenriksenAnders TveitaRavinea ManotheepanMette HaugliRagnhild EikenÅse BergBente HalvorsenTove LekvaTrine RanheimAnnika Elisabeth MichelsenAnders Benjamin KildalAsgeir JohannessenLars ThoresenHilde SkudalBård Reiakvam KittangRoy Bjørkholt OlsenCarl Magnus YstrømNina Vibeche SkeiRaisa HannulaSaad AballiReidar KvåleOle Henning SkjønsbergPål AukrustJohannes Roksund HovMarius Trøseidnull nullPublished in: Journal of internal medicine (2022)
Respiratory dysfunction after COVID-19 is associated with altered gut microbiota and persistently elevated LBP levels. Our results should be regarded as hypothesis generating, pointing to a potential gut-lung axis that should be further investigated in relation to long-term pulmonary dysfunction and long COVID.