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Lung microbiota predict invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and its outcome in immunocompromised patients. | LitMetric

Rationale: Recent studies have revealed that the lung microbiota of critically ill patients is altered and predicts clinical outcomes. The incidence of invasive fungal infections, namely, invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA), in immunocompromised patients is increasing, but the clinical significance of variations in lung bacterial communities is unknown.

Objectives: To define the contribution of the lung microbiota to the development and course of IPA.

Methods And Measurements: We performed an observational cohort study to characterise the lung microbiota in 104 immunocompromised patients using bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing on bronchoalveolar lavage samples sampled on clinical suspicion of infection. Associations between lung dysbiosis in IPA and pulmonary immunity were evaluated by quantifying alveolar cytokines and chemokines and immune cells. The contribution of microbial signatures to patient outcome was assessed by estimating overall survival.

Main Results: Patients diagnosed with IPA displayed a decreased alpha diversity, driven by a markedly increased abundance of the , , and genera and a decreased proportion of the and genera. The overall composition of the lung microbiome was influenced by the neutrophil counts and associated with differential levels of alveolar cytokines. Importantly, the degree of bacterial diversity at the onset of IPA predicted the survival of infected patients.

Conclusions: Our results reveal the lung microbiota as an understudied source of clinical variation in patients at risk of IPA and highlight its potential as a diagnostic and therapeutic target in the context of respiratory fungal diseases.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8867272PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-216179DOI Listing

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