Clinical practices underlie COVID-19 patient respiratory microbiome composition and its interactions with the host

Here, the authors profile the respiratory microbiome of COVID-19 patients and link clinical practices, such as mechanical ventilation, with vast changes in the microbiota. In the lungs, oral bacteria are found physically associated with proinflammatory immune cells, thus possibly contributing to exa...

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Main Authors: Verónica Lloréns-Rico, Ann C. Gregory, Johan Van Weyenbergh, Sander Jansen, Tina Van Buyten, Junbin Qian, Marcos Braz, Soraya Maria Menezes, Pierre Van Mol, Lore Vanderbeke, Christophe Dooms, Jan Gunst, Greet Hermans, Philippe Meersseman, CONTAGIOUS collaborators, Els Wauters, Johan Neyts, Diether Lambrechts, Joost Wauters, Jeroen Raes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26500-8