Beyond probiotic legend: ESSAP gut microbiota health score to delineate SARS-COV-2 infection severity.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a global health crisis. The gut microbiome critically affects the immune system, and some respiratory infections are associated with changes in the gut microbiome; here, we evaluated the role of nutritional and lifestyle habits that modulate gut microbiota on COVID-19 outcomes in a longitudinal cohort study that included 200 patients infected with COVID-19. Of these, 122 cases were mild and seventy-eight were moderate, according to WHO classification. After detailed explanation by a consultant in clinical nutrition, participants responded to a written questionnaire on daily sugar, prebiotic intake in food, sleeping hours, exercise duration and antibiotic prescription, during the past 1 year before infection. Daily consumption of prebiotic-containing foods,

SUBMITTER: Hegazy M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8410748 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature