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. 2021 Nov 21;18(22):12220. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182212220

Table 1.

Risk factors for tuberculosis known to modulate gut or lung microbiota and hepatic antituberculosis drug metabolism (modified from reference [67]).

Intestinal Microbiota Lung Microbiota Antituberculosis Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity
HIV Rikenellaceae
Bacteroidaceae
Lachnospiraceae
Prevotell,
Veillonella
Streptococcus
Increases risk
Alcohol Proteobacteria
Bacteroidetes
Unknown Increases risk
Malnutrition Entreococcus faecalis
Streptococcus gallolyticus
Faecalibacterium prauznitzii
Bacteroides spp.
Bifidobacterium spp.
Unknown Increases risk
Smoking Proteobacteria
Bacteroidetes
Actinobacteria
Firmicutes
Minimal effect on
microbiota
No data
Air pollution Firmicutes,
Bacteroidetes
Neisseria,
Streptococcus
Tropheryma
Unknown

↑ and ↓ indicate increase and decrease in abundance, respecively.