The vaginal microbiome of South African pregnant women living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with and without Chlamydia trachomatis infection.

Autor: Mabaso NG; School of Clinical Medicine Laboratory, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. MabasoN1@ukzn.ac.za., Ngobese B; School of Clinical Medicine Laboratory, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa., Ganesan H; Inqaba Biotechnical Industries (Pty) Ltd, Pretoria, South Africa., van der Westhuizen D; Inqaba Biotechnical Industries (Pty) Ltd, Pretoria, South Africa., Hassan WM; Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA., Abbai NS; School of Clinical Medicine Laboratory, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC women's health [BMC Womens Health] 2024 Jul 18; Vol. 24 (1), pp. 410. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 18.
DOI: 10.1186/s12905-024-03246-1
Abstrakt: Background: Chlamydia genital infections continue to be a serious health concern globally. Previous studies have reported that Chlamydia trachomatis infection alters the vaginal microbiota of infected women. This study investigated differences in the vaginal microbiome of South African pregnant women living with HIV with and without C. trachomatis infection.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study among 385 pregnant women, recruited from the King Edward VIII Hospital in Durban, South Africa. C. trachomatis was detected using the Applied Biosystems™ TaqMan ® Assays. A total of 40 samples, 20 C. trachomatis positive and 20 C. trachomatis negative, were selected for sequencing. The sequencing of the vaginal microbiome was performed using the PacBio platform. Statistical analysis was performed on IBM SPSS version 26.
Results: The prevalence of C. trachomatis infection was 12.2% (47/385). The genus Gardnerella (32.14% vs. 24.02%) and species in the genus Gardnerella (31.97% vs. 24.03%) were more abundant in the C. trachomatis-infected group compared to the uninfected group. Lactobacillus iners were also more abundant in the C. trachomatis-infected women (28.30%) compared to the uninfected women. However, these observed patterns did not reach statistical significance. Discriminant analysis showed that the class Alpha-Proteobacteria; order Bacillales; family Enterococcaceae; the genera Enhydrobacter, Enterococcus, and Parabacteroides; Enterococcus spp.; and Pseudomonas stutzeri significantly contributed to a model separating C. trachomatis-infected women from the uninfected group (p < 0.05).
Conclusion: The organisms and taxa that significantly contributed to separating the vaginal microbiota of C. trachomatis-infected women from the uninfected women in this study cohort have not been previously observed in association with C. trachomatis infection or the vaginal microbiota. Future studies in larger cohorts that will investigate the role of these microorganisms in C. trachomatis infection and the vaginal microbiota are required.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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