Alteration of bacterial community composition with respiratory infection and linkage of taxa with bacterial pathogens in Saudi Arabia from the Arabian Peninsula
Specific bacterial taxa showed significant differences between healthy controls and symptomatically infected patients, suggesting that bacterial community structures and groups of taxa, rather than individual bacterial taxa, may play a role in regulating respiratory infections.
Authors
- Norah A. Othman
- Samar Badreddine
- Sherif Aly El-Kafrawy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3667-7529)
- Tagreed L. Alsubhi
- Taha Kumosani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7715-1067)
- Ahmad Al Atrouni
- Muhammad Yasir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1111-1104)
- Esam I. Azhar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1736-181X)
- Ahmed M. Hassan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7989-0466)
- Imran Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9114-4434)
Institutions
- Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (PK)
- King Abdulaziz University (SA)
- King Abdulaziz Medical City (SA)
- Soliman Fakeeh Hospital (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Infection and Public Health
- Published
- 2025-10-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2025.102986
- Primary Topic
- Gut microbiota and health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00