Bahareh Vakili, Parisa Shoaei, Kiana Shahzamani, Seyed Davar Siadat, Hasan Shojaei, Zahra Esfandiari, Elahe Nasri, Shiva Shabani, Ali Zamani Moghadam, Behrooz Ataei
BACKGROUND: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with COVID-19 have an excessive chance of morbidity and mortality. The fecal-nasopharyngeal microbiota compositions of NSCLC patients were assessed in this study. METHODS: In total, 234 samples were collected from 17 NSCLC patients infected with COVID-19, 20 NSCLC patients without confirmed COVID-19, 40 non NSCLC patients with COVID-19, and 40 healthy individuals. RESULTS: In lung microbiota, the abundance of Streptococcus spp...
February 1, 2024: Archives of Iranian Medicine