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Metformin Therapy Changes Gut Microbiota Alpha-Diversity in COVID-19 Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: The Role of SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Antibiotic Treatment
2023-04-28
Abstract excerpt
The gut microbiota plays a crucial role in maintaining host health and has a significant impact on human health and disease. In this study, we investigated the alpha diversity of gut microbiota in COVID-19 patients and analyzed the impact of COVID-19 variants, antibiotic treatment, type 2 diabetes (T2D), and metformin therapy on gut microbiota composition and diversity. We used a culture-based method to analyze th...
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- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Diabetes and associated disorders
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Gut microbiota and health
- Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
- Probiotics and Fermented Foods
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- Literature Corpus work
- 69ab81c2-7ec8-5390-b806-1cc04720d642
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202304.1127.v1
