Attapon Cheepsattayakorn^1,2*, Ruangrong Cheepsattayakorn³ and Porntep Siriwanarangsun¹

¹Faculty of Medicine, Western University, Pathumtani Province, Thailand

*Corresponding Author: Attapon Cheepsattayakorn, 10^th Zonal Tuberculosis and Chest Disease Center, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Received: November 21, 2022; Published: December 16, 2022

Abstract

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].

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Citation

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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