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- Title
Upper Respiratory Microbiota in Relation to Ear and Nose Health Among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children.
- Authors
Coleman, Andrea; Bialasiewicz, Seweryn; Marsh, Robyn L; Håkansson, Eva Grahn; Cottrell, Kyra; Wood, Amanda; Jayasundara, Nadeesha; Ware, Robert S; Zaugg, Julian; Sidjabat, Hanna E; Adams, Jasmyn; Ferguson, Josephine; Brown, Matthew; Roos, Kristian; Cervin, Anders
- Abstract
Background We explored the nasal microbiota in Indigenous Australian children in relation to ear and nasal health. Methods In total, 103 Indigenous Australian children aged 2–7 years (mean 4.7 years) were recruited from 2 Queensland communities. Children's ears, nose, and throats were examined and upper respiratory tract (URT) swabs collected. Clinical histories were obtained from parents/medical records. URT microbiota were characterized using culturomics with Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) identification. Real-time PCR was used to quantify otopathogen (Haemophilus influenzae , Streptococcus pneumoniae , and Moraxella catarrhalis) loads and detect respiratory viruses. Data were analyzed using beta diversity measures, regression modeling, and a correlation network analysis. Results Children with historical/current otitis media (OM) or URT infection (URTI) had higher nasal otopathogen detection and loads and rhinovirus detection compared with healthy children (all P <.04). Children with purulent rhinorrhea had higher nasal otopathogen detection and loads and rhinovirus detection (P <.04) compared with healthy children. High otopathogen loads were correlated in children with historical/current OM or URTI, whereas Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum and Dolosigranulum pigrum were correlated in healthy children. Conclusions Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum and D. pigrum are associated with URT and ear health. The importance of the main otopathogens in URT disease/OM was confirmed, and their role relates to co-colonization and high otopathogens loads.
- Subjects
RESPIRATORY organ microbiology; INDIGENOUS Australians; ACQUISITION of data methodology; CORYNEBACTERIUM; RESPIRATORY infections; NASAL cavity; NOSE; EAR; COMPARATIVE studies; HAEMOPHILUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; HUMAN microbiota; CHILDREN'S health; MEDICAL records; MASS spectrometry; INFLUENZAVIRUS A; PSEUDOMONADALES; POLYMERASE chain reaction; OTITIS media; CHILDREN
- Publication
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2021, Vol 10, Issue 4, p468
- ISSN
2048-7193
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jpids/piaa141