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Disruption of the microbiota across multiple body sites in critically ill children

Overview of attention for article published in Microbiome, December 2016
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Title
Disruption of the microbiota across multiple body sites in critically ill children
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Microbiome, December 2016
DOI 10.1186/s40168-016-0211-0
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Matthew B. Rogers, Brian Firek, Min Shi, Andrew Yeh, Rachel Brower-Sinning, Victoria Aveson, Brittany L. Kohl, Anthony Fabio, Joseph A. Carcillo, Michael J. Morowitz

Abstract

Despite intense interest in the links between the microbiome and human health, little has been written about dysbiosis among ICU patients. We characterized microbial diversity in samples from 37 children in a pediatric ICU (PICU). Standard measures of alpha and beta diversity were calculated, and results were compared with data from adult and pediatric reference datasets. Bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequences were analyzed from 71 total tongue swabs, 50 skin swabs, and 77 stool samples or rectal swabs. The mean age of the PICU patients was 2.9 years (range 1-9 years), and many were chronically ill children that had previously been hospitalized in the PICU. Relative to healthy adults and children, alpha diversity was decreased in PICU GI and tongue but not skin samples. Measures of beta diversity indicated differences in community membership at each body site between PICU, adult, and pediatric groups. Taxonomic alterations in the PICU included enrichment of gut pathogens such as Enterococcus and Staphylococcus at multiple body sites and depletion of commensals such as Faecalibacterium and Ruminococcus from GI samples. Alpha and beta diversity were unstable over time in patients followed longitudinally. We observed the frequent presence of "dominant" pathogens in PICU samples at relative abundance >50%. PICU samples were characterized by loss of site specificity, with individual taxa commonly present simultaneously at three sample sites on a single individual. Some pathogens identified by culture of tracheal aspirates were commonly observed in skin samples from the same patient. We conclude that the microbiota in critically ill children differs sharply from the microbiota of healthy children and adults. Acknowledgement of dysbiosis associated with critical illness could provide opportunities to modulate the microbiota with precision and thereby improve patient outcomes.

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Unknown 134 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 23 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 18 13%
Student > Master 15 11%
Other 10 7%
Student > Bachelor 10 7%
Other 30 22%
Unknown 28 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 31 23%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 17 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 16 12%
Immunology and Microbiology 14 10%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 3%
Other 18 13%
Unknown 34 25%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 23. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 March 2020.
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