Oral and Olfactory Complications of Recovered COVID-19 Patients
Oral and Olfactory Complications of Recovered COVID-19 Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study
University of Giessen
402 participants
May 1, 2021
OBSERVATIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This cohort study aims to investigate the long-standing chemosensory disorders and oral manifestation after recovery of the COVID-19 illness. A correlation between the long-standing symptoms and the COVID-19 severity grade will be very important to understand and clarify the aetiology of these symptoms.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria1
- All adult COVID-19 recovery patients (exceeding the age of 18) will be included in the study. The time between illness and study recruitment shall be at least 3 months.
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Interventions
The gustatory and olfactory function will be tested by using the combined Burghart Screening 12 test containing smelling sticks and taste strips (Fa. MediSense, Groningen, Netherlands). Evaluation of taste and smell is performed by offering the sticks/strips and demand a forced multiple choice.
Saliva samples will be taken for molecular biological determination of the oral microbiome. The microbiome is determined at the Institute for Medical Microbiology by 16s-rRNA gene analysis with Next Generation Sequencing and bioinformatics.
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NCT04791436