Higher levels of bacterial DNA in serum associate with severe and fatal COVID-19

Affiliations

• ¹ APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland.
• ² Division of Infectious Diseases & Hospital Epidemiology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
• ³ Division of Intensive Care, Geneva University Hospitals and the University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
• ⁴ Fondazione Epatocentro Ticino and Clinica Luganese, Lugano, Switzerland.
• ⁵ Seqbiome, Cork, Ireland.
• ⁶ Department of Medicine, University College Cork, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland.
• ⁷ Department of Infectious Diseases, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland.
• ⁸ School of Microbiology, University College Cork, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland.