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. 2022 Dec 7;28(45):6328–6344. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v28.i45.6328

Table 2.

Changes in gut and airway microbiota bacterial species during coronavirus disease 2019

Changes
COVID-19 vs non-COVID-19 patients
Number of patients COVID-19 vs non-COVID-19
Ref.
Gut microbiota Increase: Ruminococcus gnavus, Ruminococcus torque, Bacteroides dorei 100 vs 78 [20]
Decrease: Bifidobacterium adolescentis, Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, Eubacterium rectale
Increase: Streptococcus, Rothia, Veillonella, Actinomyces 30 vs 30 [80]
Increase: Blautia, Coprococcus, Collinsella 53 vs 76 [81]
Decrease: Streptococcus, Weissella, Enterococcus, Rothia, Lactobacillus, Actinomyces
Increase: Bifidobacterium, Bacteroides, Parabacteroides, Escherichia-Shigella 22 vs 40 [82]
Decrease: Faecalibacterium, Dorea, Enterobacter
Increase: Corynebacterium, Campylobacter, Klebsiella 50 vs 34 [83]
Increase: Streptococcus, Clostridium, Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium 64 vs 40 [84]
Decrease: Bacteroidetes, Roseburia, Faecalibacterium, Coprococcus, Parabacteroides
Airway microbiota Increase: Veillonella, Staphylococcus, Corynebacterium, Neisseria, Actinobacillus, Selenomonas 192 vs 95 [85]
Decrease: Haemophilus, Alloiococcus
Increase: Lactobacillus fermentum, Lactobacillus reuteri, Lactobacillus delbrueckii, Lactobacillus salivarius 19 vs 23 [86]
Increase: Corynebacterium_1, Staphylococcus, Dolosigranulum, Peptoniphilus, Lawsonella 38 vs 21 [87]
Decrease: Leptotrichia, Fusobacterium (especially Fusobacterium periodonticum), Haemophilus 18 vs 12 [88]
Increase: Propionibacteriaceae 31 vs 9 [89]
Decrease: Corynebacterium accolens

COVID-19: Coronavirus disease 2019.