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- Title
Gut microbiome alterations in patients with COVID-19-related coagulopathy.
- Authors
Chen, Youli; Li, Xin; Yu, Cheng; Wang, Erchuan; Luo, Chang; Jin, Yu; Zhang, Lei; Ma, Yanling; Jin, Yan; Yang, Ling; Sun, Binlian; Qiao, Jialu; Zhou, Xiang; Rasche, Leo; Einsele, Hermann; Song, Jun; Bai, Tao; Hou, Xiaohua
- Abstract
COVID-19 is characterized by a predominantly prothrombotic state, which underlies severe disease and poor outcomes. Imbalances of the gut microbiome have been linked with abnormal hemostatic processes. Understanding the relationship between the gut microbiome and abnormal coagulation parameters in COVID-19 could provide a novel framework for the diagnosis and management of COVID-related coagulopathies (CRC). This cross-sectional study used shotgun metagenomic sequencing to examine the gut microbiota of patients with CRC (n = 66) and compared it to COVID control (CCs) (n = 27) and non-COVID control (NCs) (n = 22) groups. Three, 1, and 3 taxa were found enriched in CRCs, CCs, and NCs. Next, random forest models using 7 microbial biomarkers and differential clinical characteristics were constructed and achieved strong diagnostic potential in distinguishing CRC. Specifically, the most promising biomarker species for CRC were Streptococcus thermophilus, Enterococcus faecium, and Citrobacter portucalensis. Conversely, Enterobacteriaceae family and Fusicatenibacter genus are potentially protective against CRC in COVID patients. We further identified 4 species contributing to 20 MetaCyc pathways that were differentially abundant among groups, with S. thermophilus as the main coding species in CRCs. Our findings suggest that the alterations of gut microbiota compositional and functional profiles may influence the pathogenesis of CRC and that microbiota-based diagnosis and treatment could potentially benefit COVID patients in preventing and alleviating thrombosis-related clinical outcomes.
- Subjects
GUT microbiome; ENTEROCOCCUS faecium; SHOTGUN sequencing; BLOOD coagulation disorders; RANDOM forest algorithms; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCAL infections; STREPTOCOCCUS thermophilus
- Publication
Annals of Hematology, 2023, Vol 102, Issue 6, p1589
- ISSN
0939-5555
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00277-023-05186-6