Need your help with the integral $\int_0^\infty\frac{dx}{e^{\,e^{-x}} \cdot e^{\,e^{x}}}$.

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Is it possible to evaluate this integral in a closed form? $$\int_0^\infty\frac{dx}{e^{\,e^{-x}} \cdot e^{\,e^{x}}}$$

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This is clearly equivalent to $$\int_0^{\infty}e^{-2\cosh x}dx=K_0(2).$$ Here $K_0(x)$ denotes Macdonald function, which has integral representation $$K_{\nu}(r)=\int_0^{\infty}e^{-r\cosh x}\cosh\nu x\,dx.$$