The Nasopharyngeal Microbiota of Children With Respiratory Infections in Botswana.
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BACKGROUND: Nearly half of child pneumonia deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Microbial communities in the nasopharynx are a reservoir for pneumonia pathogens and remain poorly described in African children. METHODS: Nasopharyngeal swabs were collected from children with pneumonia (N = 204), children with upper respiratory infection symptoms (N = 55) and healthy children (N = 60) in Botswana between April 2012 and April 2014. We sequenced the V3 region of the bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA gene and used partitioning around medoids to cluster samples into microbiota biotypes. We then used multivariable logistic regression to examine whether microbiota biotypes were associated with pneumonia and upper respiratory infection symptoms. RESULTS: Mean ages of children with pneumonia, children with upper respiratory infection symptoms and healthy children were 8.2, 11.4 and 8.0 months, respectively. Clustering of nasopharyngeal microbiota identified 5 distinct biotypes: Corynebacterium/Dolosigranulum-dominant (23%), Haemophilus-dominant (11%), Moraxella-dominant (24%), Staphylococcus-dominant (13%) and Streptococcus-dominant (28%). The Haemophilus-dominant [odds ratio (OR): 13.55; 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.10-87.26], the Staphylococcus-dominant (OR: 8.27; 95% CI: 2.13-32.14) and the Streptococcus-dominant (OR: 39.97; 95% CI: 6.63-241.00) biotypes were associated with pneumonia. The Moraxella-dominant (OR: 3.71; 95% CI: 1.09-12.64) and Streptococcus-dominant (OR: 12.26; 95% CI: 1.81-83.06) biotypes were associated with upper respiratory infection symptoms. In children with pneumonia, HIV infection was associated with a lower relative abundance of Dolosigranulum (P = 0.03). CONCLUSIONS: Pneumonia and upper respiratory infection symptoms are associated with distinct nasopharyngeal microbiota biotypes in African children. A lower abundance of the commensal genus Dolosigranulum may contribute to the higher pneumonia risk of HIV-infected children.
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Cited Authors
- Kelly, MS; Surette, MG; Smieja, M; Pernica, JM; Rossi, L; Luinstra, K; Steenhoff, AP; Feemster, KA; Goldfarb, DM; Arscott-Mills, T; Boiditswe, S; Rulaganyang, I; Muthoga, C; Gaofiwe, L; Mazhani, T; Rawls, JF; Cunningham, CK; Shah, SS; Seed, PC
Published Date
- September 2017
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 36 / 9
Start / End Page
- e211 - e218
PubMed ID
- 28399056
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC5555803
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1532-0987
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1097/INF.0000000000001607
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States