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Khadka S, Omura S, Sato F, Tsunoda I. Adjuvant Injections Altered the Ileal and Fecal Microbiota Differently with Changes in Immunoglobulin Isotypes and Antimycobacterial Antibody Responses. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24032818. [PMID: 36769136 PMCID: PMC9917480 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24032818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 01/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Alterations in the gut microbiota, "dysbiosis," have been reported in autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis (MS), and their animal models. Although the animal models were induced by injections of autoantigens with adjuvants, including complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) and pertussis toxin (PT), the effects of adjuvant injections on the microbiota are largely unknown. We aimed to clarify whether adjuvant injections could affect the microbiota in the ileum and feces. Using 16S rRNA sequencing, we found decreased alpha diversities of the gut microbiota in mice injected with CFA and PT, compared with naïve mice. Overall, microbial profiles visualized by principal component analysis demonstrated dysbiosis in feces, but not in the ileum, of adjuvant-injected mice, where the genera Lachnospiraceae NK4A136 group and Alistipes contributed to dysbiosis. When we compared the relative abundances of individual bacteria, we found changes in 16 bacterial genera in feces and seven genera in the ileum of adjuvant-injected mice, in which increased serum levels of antibody against mycobacteria (a component of CFA) and total IgG2c were correlated with the genus Facklamia. On the other hand, increased IgG1 and IgA concentrations were correlated with the genus Atopostipes. Therefore, adjuvant injections alone could alter the overall microbial profiles (i.e., microbiota) and individual bacterial abundances with altered antibody responses; dysbiosis in animal models could be partly due to adjuvant injections.
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Li A, Wang Y, Hao J, Wang L, Quan L, Duan K, Fakhar-E-Alam Kulyar M, Ullah K, Zhang J, Wu Y, Li K. Long-term hexavalent chromium exposure disturbs the gut microbial homeostasis of chickens. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2022; 237:113532. [PMID: 35472558 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.113532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2022] [Revised: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Industrial production, ore smelting and sewage disposal plant can discharge large amounts of heavy metals every year, which may contaminate soil, water and air, posing a great threat to ecological environment and animal production. Hexavalent chromium [Cr (VI)], a recognized metallic contaminant, has been shown to impair kidney, liver and gastrointestinal tract of many species, but little is known about the gut microbial characteristics of chickens exposed to Cr (VI). Herein, this study characterized the gut microbial alternations of chickens exposed to Cr (VI). Results indicated that the gut microbial alpha-diversity in chickens exposed to Cr (VI) decreased significantly, accompanied by a distinct shifts in taxonomic composition. Microbial taxonomic analysis demonstrated that the preponderant phyla (Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria and Epsilonbacteraeota) were the same in both groups, but different in types and relative abundances of dominant genera. Moreover, some bacterial taxa including 2 phyla and 47 genera significantly decreased, whereas 3 phyla and 17 genera significantly increased during Cr (VI) exposure. Among decreased taxa, 9 genera (Coprobacter, Ruminococcus_1, Faecalicoccus, Eubacterium_nodatum_group, Parasutterella, Slackia, Barnesiella, Family_XIII_UCG-001 and Collinsella) even cannot be detected. In conclusion, this study revealed that Cr (VI) exposure dramatically decrased the gut microbial diversity and altered microbial composition of chickens. Additionally, this study also provided a theoretical basis for relieving Cr (VI) poisoning from the perspective of gut microbiota.
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- Aoyun Li
- Institute of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China; MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China; MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China
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- Animal husbandry station of Bijie City, Bijie 551700, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- China Tobacco Henan Industrial Co. Ltd, Zhengzhou 450000, PR China
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- Department of Zoology, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China; MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China.
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China; MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China.
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Facklamia hominis pyelonephritis in a pediatric patient: first case report and review of the literature. Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob 2022; 21:4. [PMID: 35151319 PMCID: PMC8841125 DOI: 10.1186/s12941-022-00497-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background Pyelonephritis is one of the most serious bacterial illnesses during childhood. Gram-negative organisms account for up to 90% of the cases. Gram-positive bacteria are uncommon causes of urinary tract infections, and only a few cases caused by Facklamia hominis have been reported in the literature. Case presentation A five-year-old girl with tracheostomy and gastrostomy and past medical history of congenital lymphangioma presented with a two-week history of with intermittent fever, frequent urination, and vesical tenesmus. Diagnosis of pyelonephritis was made. Urine culture reported colonies with alpha-hemolysis in blood agar at 48-h of incubation and Facklamia hominis was identified by MALDI-TOF. The patient was successfully treated with gentamicin. Conclusions This is the first reported case of pyelonephritis by Facklamia hominis in a child, and the second involving infection in a pediatric patient. Although this pathogen is uncommon, current treatment of F. hominis is a challenge for physicians. This case illustrates the requirement to standardize identification and treatment of care to avoid treatment failure and antimicrobial resistance.
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RICHTER HOLLYE, CARNES MEGANU, KOMESU YUKOM, LUKACZ EMILYS, ARYA LILY, BRADLEY MEGAN, ROGERS REBECCAG, SUNG VIVIANW, SIDDIQUI NAZEMAY, CARPER BENJAMIN, MAZLOOMDOOST DONNA, DINWIDDIE DARRYL, GANTZ MARIEG. Association between the urogenital microbiome and surgical treatment response in women undergoing midurethral sling operation for mixed urinary incontinence. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2022; 226:93.e1-93.e15. [PMID: 34297969 PMCID: PMC8748268 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The urogenital microbiome is associated with urgency and mixed urinary incontinence symptoms and differential treatment responses to pharmacotherapy for urgency urinary incontinence. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to describe whether the preoperative urinary and vaginal microbiomes were associated with surgical treatment responses at 12 months after a midurethral sling operation in women with mixed urinary incontinence. STUDY DESIGN This cohort study compared the preoperative microbiome compositions of urine and vaginal samples from a subset of women undergoing a midurethral sling operation in the Effects of Surgical Treatment Enhanced With Exercise for Mixed Urinary Incontinence trial (NCT01959347) and compared the microbiota in women who were surgical responders vs surgical nonresponders. Twelve-month objective response was defined as a ≥70% reduction from baseline urinary incontinence episodes on a 3-day diary. Subjective response was defined as a change from baseline in the Urogenital Distress Inventory scores. Bacterial abundance and beta diversity were assessed using 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing. The primary differential abundance analysis described predominant bacterial operational taxonomic units associated with responders vs nonresponders using unadjusted and age-adjusted linear models. RESULTS Objective nonresponders (n=28) compared with responders (n=72) were older (58.5±10.7 vs 51.6±10.2 years) and more likely postmenopausal without hormone use (odds ratio, 6.4; 95% confidence interval, 1.8-22.6). Vaginal and urinary microbiota beta diversities were associated with age (P<.05) for both responders and nonresponders. Overall, predominant operational taxonomic units (genera) were Lactobacillus, Gardnerella, Tepidimonas, Escherichia, Streptococcus, and Prevotella. Operational taxonomic units from baseline urine samples were not significantly associated (P threshold=.05) with surgical treatment responses. A greater abundance of baseline vaginal Lactobacillus was associated with an objective response (P=.04) and Prevotella with an objective nonresponse (P=.01). Adjusting for age, only a greater abundance of baseline vaginal Prevotella was associated with an objective nonresponse (P=.01). Moreover, less abundant vaginal operational taxonomic units were associated with objective and subjective responses and persistent urinary incontinence symptoms (P<.05). CONCLUSION Women meeting a 70% reduction of urinary incontinence treatment episodes (objective responders) had greater vaginal Lactobacillus at the time of the surgical procedure; however, controlling for age diminished this association. Women not meeting a 70% reduction of urinary incontinence episodes 1 year after a midurethral sling operation had greater vaginal Prevotella at the time of the midurethral sling operation. Further research is needed to determine whether therapy altering the vaginal microbiome may impact surgical treatment responses in women with mixed urinary incontinence.
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- HOLLY E. RICHTER
- Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Division, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States
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- Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Obstetrics & Gynecology, Dell Medical School University of Texas Austin, Austin TX, United States
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- Obstetrics & Gynecology, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
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- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Division, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States
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- Gynecologic Health and Disease Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Pediatrics, Clinical Translational Science Center, University of New Mexico Health Sciences, Albuquerque, NM, United States
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- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Division, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States
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Dong H, Liu B, Li A, Iqbal M, Mehmood K, Jamil T, Chang YF, Zhang H, Wu Q. Microbiome Analysis Reveals the Attenuation Effect of Lactobacillus From Yaks on Diarrhea via Modulation of Gut Microbiota. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021; 10:610781. [PMID: 33665171 PMCID: PMC7920975 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.610781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Domestic yaks (Bos grunniens) are indigenous to the Tibetan Plateau and display a high diarrhea rate due to poor habitat and husbandry conditions. Lactobacillus has been shown to exert beneficial effects as antimicrobial, growth promotion, and gut microbiota in humans and/or murine models, but the relevant data regarding Lactobacillus isolated from yaks was unavailable. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effects of Lactobacillus from yaks on the intestinal microbial community in a mouse model and determine whether Lactobacillus supplementation contributed in alleviating diarrhea by modulating gut microbiota. A total of 12 ileac samples from four groups were collected for 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing of V3-V4 region. Results revealed that although Lactobacillus supplementation did not change the diversity of gut microbiota in mice, the proportion of some intestinal microbiota significantly changed. Specifically, the proportion of Lactobacillus and Sphingomonas in the Lactobacillus treated-group (L-group) were increased as compared to control group (C-group), whereas Pantoea, Cutibacterium, Glutamicibacter, Turicibacter, Globicatella, Microbacterium, Facklamia, unidentified_Corynebacteriaceae, Brachybacterium, and Staphylococcus were significantly decreased in the L-group. In contrast, Escherichia coli (E. coli) infection significantly decreased the proportion of beneficial bacteria such as Globicatella, Acinetobacter, Aerococcus, and Comamonas, while loads of pathogenic bacteria significantly increased including Roseburia and Megasphaera. Interestingly, Lactobacillus administration could ameliorate the microbial community structure of E. coli-induced diarrheal mice by reducing the relative abundance of pathogenic bacteria such as Paenibacillus, Aerococcus, Comamonas, Acinetobacter, Corynebacterium, Facklamia, and Globicatella. Results in this study revealed that Lactobacillus supplementation not only improved the gut microbiota but also alleviated diarrhea in mice, which may be mediated by modulating the composition and function of gut microbiota. Moreover, this study is expected to provide a new theoretical basis for the establishment of a preventive and treatment system for diarrhea in yaks.
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- Hailong Dong
- Animal Science College, Tibet Agriculture & Animal Husbandry University, Linzhi, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Animal Science College, Tibet Agriculture & Animal Husbandry University, Linzhi, China
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Gahl M, Stöckli T, Fahrner R. Facklamia hominis bacteremia after transurethral resection of the prostate: a case report. BMC Urol 2020; 20:192. [PMID: 33287796 PMCID: PMC7720465 DOI: 10.1186/s12894-020-00762-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Transurethral resection of the prostate (TUR-P) is one of the most frequent routine procedures in urology. Because of the semisterile environment, postoperative infections, including sepsis, are a common complication, with Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp., Proteus mirabilis or Enterococcus faecalis as frequently isolated pathogens. Facklamia hominis is a gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, alpha-hemolytic, catalase-negative coccus that was first described in 1997. To date, only a few cases of infectious complications have been described. We report the first case of postoperative bacteremia due to Facklamia hominis after TUR-P.
Case presentation An 82-year-old man developed fever only a few hours after elective TUR-P because of benign prostate syndrome. After cultivation of blood cultures, antibiotic therapy with ceftriaxone was intravenously administered and changed to oral cotrimoxazole before discharge of the afebrile patient. One anaerobic blood culture revealed Facklamia hominis. Under antibiotic therapy, the patient remained afebrile and showed no signs of infections during follow-up.
Conclusions Fever and bacteremia are frequent complications after TUR-P. This study is the first report of Facklamia hominis in a postoperative blood culture after TUR-P. To date, there are only a few reports of patients with infectious complications and isolation of Facklamia hominis in various patient samples. Because Facklamia hominis resembles viridans streptococci on blood agar analysis, this pathogen may often be misidentified. In this case identification of Facklamia hominis was possible with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. It has been postulated that Facklamia hominis might be a facultative pathogen and that its incidence will increase in the future.
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- Miriam Gahl
- Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, Bürgerspital Solothurn, Schöngrünstrasse 42, 4500, Solothurn, Switzerland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Bürgerspital Solothurn, Schöngrünstrasse 42, 4500, Solothurn, Switzerland
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- Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, Bürgerspital Solothurn, Schöngrünstrasse 42, 4500, Solothurn, Switzerland.
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Genome Sequence of a Facklamia hominis Isolate from a Patient with Urosepsis. Microbiol Resour Announc 2019; 8:8/17/e00100-19. [PMID: 31023809 PMCID: PMC6486238 DOI: 10.1128/mra.00100-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The genome sequence of a Facklamia hominis strain isolated from the urine of a patient with acute cystitis and sepsis is reported. The genome contains ermB and tet(M) genes, consistent with the isolate's phenotypic resistance to macrolides and tetracycline.
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Kim TY, Jo J, Kim N, Park H, Roh EY, Yoon JH, Shin S. Facklamia hominisIsolated from a Wound: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. ANNALS OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.5145/acm.2019.22.2.50] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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- Tae Yeul Kim
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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Chen T, You Y, Xie G, Zheng X, Zhao A, Liu J, Zhao Q, Wang S, Huang F, Rajani C, Wang C, Chen S, Ni Y, Yu H, Deng Y, Wang X, Jia W. Strategy for an Association Study of the Intestinal Microbiome and Brain Metabolome Across the Lifespan of Rats. Anal Chem 2018; 90:2475-2483. [PMID: 29353471 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b02859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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There is increased appreciation for the diverse roles of the microbiome-gut-brain axis on mammalian growth and health throughout the lifespan. Numerous studies have demonstrated that the gut microbiome and their metabolites are extensively involved in the communication between brain and gut. Association study of brain metabolome and gut microbiome is an active field offering large amounts of information on the interaction of microbiome, brain and gut but data size and complicated hierarchical relationships were found to be major obstacles to the formation of significant, reproducible conclusions. This study addressed a two-level strategy of brain metabolome and gut microbiome association analysis of male Wistar rats in the process of growth, employing several analytical platforms and various bioinformatics methods. Trajectory analysis showed that the age-related brain metabolome and gut microbiome had similarity in overall alteration patterns. Four high taxonomical level correlated pairs of "metabolite type-bacterial phylum", including "lipids-Spirochaetes", "free fatty acids (FFAs)-Firmicutes", "bile acids (BAs)-Firmicutes", and "Neurotransmitters-Bacteroidetes", were screened out based on unit- and multivariant correlation analysis and function analysis. Four groups of specific "metabolite-bacterium" association pairs from within the above high level key pairs were further identified. The key correlation pairs were validated by an independent animal study. This two-level strategy is effective in identifying principal correlations in big data sets obtained from the systematic multiomics study, furthering our understanding on the lifelong connection between brain and gut.
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- Tianlu Chen
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital , Shanghai 200233, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital , Shanghai 200233, China
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- University of Hawaii Cancer Center , Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, United States
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital , Shanghai 200233, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital , Shanghai 200233, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital , Shanghai 200233, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital , Shanghai 200233, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital , Shanghai 200233, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital , Shanghai 200233, China
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- University of Hawaii Cancer Center , Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, United States
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Systems Biomedicine, Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai 200240, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Systems Biomedicine, Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai 200240, China
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- University of Hawaii Cancer Center , Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, United States
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- University of Hawaii Cancer Center , Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, United States
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- Biostatistics and Quantitative Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa , Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, United States
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Systems Biomedicine, Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital , Shanghai 200233, China.,University of Hawaii Cancer Center , Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, United States
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Schlipköter M, Grieser T, Forst H. [Unusual complication following placement of an epidural catheter]. Anaesthesist 2017; 66:506-510. [PMID: 28488020 DOI: 10.1007/s00101-017-0312-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2016] [Revised: 03/20/2017] [Accepted: 04/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We report an unusual complication following placement of a thoracic epidural catheter in a patient that had undergone surgery for pulmonary metastases of a malignant melanoma. The intra- and postoperative course was initially without complications. At 2 days, there was a small, conspicuous swelling above the site of epidural puncture, which was neither reddened nor painful. No neurological deficits were observed, and the patient explained that he had been aware of the swelling for more than 6 months; thus, the epidural catheter was not deemed to be responsible. After catheter removal on day 4, an apparently purulent fluid drained from the puncture site. Although the patient had not reported this in the initial medical examination, he now explained that this cutaneous process had been squeezed out by his wife several times before. We initially obtained an exudate by means of ultrasound-guided puncture, and two epidermal cysts were detected on subsequent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The epidural catheter had been placed through one of these epidermal cysts. After reassessing the medical files, we found the earlier reports of two positron emission tomographies in which two epidermoid cysts were described at the level of thoracic vertebra 5/6 and 6/7. Facklamia hominis was detected in the pure culture. To avoid bacterial infection, we treated the patient for 7 days with antibiotics. The clinical course was without further pathological findings.
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- M Schlipköter
- Klinik für Anästhesie und operative Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Klinikum Augsburg, Stenglinstr. 2, Augsburg, Deutschland.
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- Klinik für Diagnostische und interventionelle Radiologie und Neuroradiologie, Klinikum Augsburg, Augsburg, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Anästhesie und operative Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Klinikum Augsburg, Stenglinstr. 2, Augsburg, Deutschland
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Rahmati E, Martin V, Wong D, Sattler F, Petterson J, Ward P, Butler-Wu SM, She RC. Facklamia Species as an Underrecognized Pathogen. Open Forum Infect Dis 2017; 4:ofw272. [PMID: 28480264 PMCID: PMC5414014 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2016] [Accepted: 12/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Facklamia species are a rarely reported etiology of clinical infection with few cases described in literature. However, the prevalence of infection may be underestimated due to challenges in species identification. We describe 3 cases of Facklamia species bacteremia and the unique microbiologic aspects inherent to this genus that make it particularly challenging to identify. In addition, given the unique susceptibility profile of Facklamia species, we discuss the importance of fully identifying this organism when it is a suspected as a pathogen, to optimize therapy based on its distinct antibiotic resistance profile.
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- Elham Rahmati
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and
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- Keck Medical Center of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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