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Distinct Nasopharyngeal and Oropharyngeal Microbiota of Children with Influenza A Virus Compared with Healthy Children

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Biomed Res Int. 2018 Nov 19;2018:6362716. doi: 10.1155/2018/6362716. eCollection 2018.
[h=1]Distinct Nasopharyngeal and Oropharyngeal Microbiota of Children with Influenza A Virus Compared with Healthy Children.[/h] Wen Z[SUP]1[/SUP], Xie G[SUP]1[/SUP], Zhou Q[SUP]2[/SUP], Qiu C[SUP]2[/SUP], Li J[SUP]1[/SUP], Hu Q[SUP]1[/SUP], Dai W[SUP]2[/SUP], Li D[SUP]2[/SUP], Zheng Y[SUP]1[/SUP], Wen F[SUP]3[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]Background:[/h] Influenza A virus (IAV) has had the highest morbidity globally over the past decade. A growing number of studies indicate that the upper respiratory tract (URT) microbiota plays a key role for respiratory health and that a dysfunctional respiratory microbiota is associated with disease; but the impact of microbiota during influenza is understudied.
[h=4]Methods:[/h] We recruited 180 children, including 121 IAV patients and 59 age-matched healthy children. Nasopharyngeal (NP) and oropharyngeal (OP) swabs were collected to conduct 16S rDNA sequencing and compare microbiota structures in different individuals.
[h=4]Results:[/h] Both NP and OP microbiota in IAV patients differed from those in healthy individuals. The NP dominated genera in IVA patients, such as Moraxella, Staphylococcus, Corynebacterium, and Dolosigranulum, showed lower abundance than in healthy children. The Streptococcus significantly enriched in patients' NP and Phyllobacterium could be generally detected in patients' NP microbiota. The most abundant genera in OP microbiota showed a decline tendency in patients, including Streptococcus, Neisseria, and Haemophilus. The URT's bacterial concurrence network changed dramatically in patients. NP and OP samples were clustered into subgroups by different dominant genera; and NP and OP microbiota provided the precise indicators to distinguish IAV patients from healthy children.
[h=4]Conclusion:[/h] This is the first respiratory microbiome analysis on pediatric IAV infection which reveals distinct NP and OP microbiota in influenza patients. It provides a new insight into IAV research from the microecology aspect and promotes the understanding of IAV pathogenesis.


PMID: 30581863 PMCID: PMC6276510 DOI: 10.1155/2018/6362716
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