A multicentre study reveals dysbiosis in the microbial co-infection and antimicrobial resistance gene profile in the nasopharynx of COVID-19 patients

Abstract The impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the nasopharyngeal microbiome has not been well characterised. We sequenced genetic material extracted from nasopharyngeal swabs of SARS-CoV-2-positive individuals who were asymptomatic (n = 14), had mild (n = 64) or severe symptoms (n = 11), as well as...

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Main Authors: A. Sayeed. M. Mahmud, Christine A. Seers, Aftab Ali Shaikh, Tarannum Taznin, Mohammad Samir Uzzaman, Eshrar Osman, Md. Ahashan Habib, Shahina Akter, Tanjina Akhtar Banu, Md. Murshed Hasan Sarkar, Barna Goswami, Iffat Jahan, Chioma M. Okeoma, Md. Salim Khan, Eric C. Reynolds
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30504-3