Safety and efficacy of probiotic supplements as adjunctive therapies in patients with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Julie Zhu ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: julie.zhu@nshealth.ca

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive Care and Endoscopy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6057-8275

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• Tyler Pitre,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3015-0723

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• Carmen Ching,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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• Dena Zeraatkar,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Anesthesia, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Health Research Methods Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Steven Gruchy

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive Care and Endoscopy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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