Microbial communities of conducting and respiratory zones of lung-transplanted patients

Autor: Marie Beaume, Vladimir Lazarevic, Thilo Köhler, Nadia Gaïa, Oriol Manuel, John-David Aubert, Loïc Baerlocher, Laurent Farinelli, Paola Gasche, Jacques Schrenzel, Christian Van Delden
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol 7 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1664-302X
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01749
Popis: Background: Lung transplantation (LT) is a recognized treatment for end-stage pulmonary disease. Bacteria from the recipient nasopharynx seed the new lungs leading to infections and allograft damage. Understanding the characteristics and topological variations of the microbiota may be important to apprehend the pathophysiology of allograft dysfunction. Objectives: To examine the characteristics and relationship of bacterial compositions between conducting and respiratory zones of the allograft. Methods: We performed 16S rRNA gene sequencing on bronchial aspirates (BAs) and bronchoalveolar lavages (BALs) collected in pairs in 19 patients at several time-points post-LT. Results: The respiratory zone was characterized independently of the time post-LT by a higher bacterial richness than the conducting zone (p=0.041). The phyla Firmicutes and Proteobacteria dominated both sampling zones, with an inverse correlation between these two phyla (Spearman r=–0.830). Samples of the same pair, as well as pairs from the same individual clustered together (Pseudo-F=3.8652, p
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