Gut Microbiota Reflects Disease Severity in COVID-19 Patients
Compared with non-COVID-19 patients, those with COVID-19 showed a substantially changed gut microbiome, whether or not they received medication.
Caption: Image: CC BY 2.0 Go-tea 郭天 Celiac.com 03/15/2021 - COVID-19 is mainly a respiratory illness, but there is mounting evidence to indicate that the gut and gut microbiota may play a role in the disease. A team of researchers recently set out to determine if the gut microbiome is linked to disease severity in patients with COVID-19, and whether variations in microbiome composition might resolve with the passing of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The research team included Yun Kit Yeoh, Tao Zuo; Grace Chung-Yan Lui; Fen Zhang; Qin Liu; Amy YL Li; Arthur CK Chung; Chun Pan Cheung; Eugene YK Tso; Kitty SC Fung; Veronica Chan; Lowell Ling; Gavin Joynt; David Shu-Cheong Hui; Kai Ming Chow; Susanna So Shan Ng; Timothy Chun-Man Li; Rita WY Ng; Terry CF Yip; Grace Lai-Hung Wong; F