Attapon Cheepsattayakorn1,2*, Ruangrong Cheepsattayakorn3 and Porntep Siriwanarangsun1
1Faculty of Medicine, Western University, Pathumtani Province, Thailand 210th Zonal Tuberculosis and Chest Disease Center, Chiang Mai, Thailand 3Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
*Corresponding Author: Attapon Cheepsattayakorn, 10th Zonal Tuberculosis and Chest Disease Center, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Received: November 21, 2022; Published: December 16, 2022
The microbiota are related to several human diseases and influence human health [1], figure 1-4. Critical functions of microbiota are decomposition of indigestible proteins, carbohydrates, digestion and absorption of nutrients, host immunity induction, function, and instruction, including vitamin biosynthesis [2-6]. A recent study revealed that gut microbiota (GM) were stratified by occurrence of bloodstream infection (BSI) and intensive-care-unit (ICU) admission (p < 0.05) [7]. ICU patients and those developing BSI were specifically characterized by the over-representation of Enterococcus compared to the respective counterparts (p < 0.001), whereas Clostridiales, Streptococcus, Blautia, Oscillospira, Lachnospiraceae, and other Ruminococcaceae taxa were related to non-ICU-admitted-COVID-19 and non-BSI patients (p < 0.001) [7].
Citation: Attapon Cheepsattayakorn., et al. “Microbiota Alterations in Non-Critically-Ill and Critically-Ill COVID-19 Patients". Acta Scientific Microbiology 6.1 (2023): 32-35.
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