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ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2021

Profiling of Diagnostic Information of and Latent Susceptibility to Bacterial Keratitis From the Perspective of Ocular Bacterial Microbiota.

Zhichao Ren, Qing Liu, Wenfeng Li, Xian Wu, Yanling Dong, Yusen Huang

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Article in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zhichao RenQingdao Eye Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao, China.
Qing LiuQingdao Eye Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao, China.
Wenfeng LiDepartment of Medical Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Xian WuQingdao Eye Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao, China.
Yanling DongQingdao Eye Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao, China.
Yusen HuangQingdao Eye Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao, China.
Shandong First Medical University · CNQingdao University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ocular surface possesses its own bacterial microbiota. Once given a chance, opportunistic pathogens within ocular microbiota may lead to corneal infection like bacterial keratitis (BK). To reveal the possible factor that makes people vulnerable to BK from the perspective of ocular bacterial microbiota, as well as to compare diagnostic information provided by high-throughput 16S rDNA sequencing and bacterial culture, 20 patients with BK and 42 healthy volunteers were included. Conjunctival swabs and corneal scrapings collected from the diseased eyes of BK patients were subjected for both high-throughput 16S rDNA sequencing and bacterial culture. Conjunctival swabs collected from the normal eyes of BK patients and healthy volunteers were sent only for sequencing. For identifying the pathogens causing BK, high-throughput 16S rDNA sequencing presented a higher positive rate than bacterial culture (98.04% vs. 17.50%), with 92.11% reaching the genus level (including 10.53% down to the species level). However, none of the sequencing results was consistent with the cultural results. The sequencing technique appears to challenge culture, and could be a complement for pathogen identification. Moreover, compared to the eyes of healthy subjects, the ocular microbiota of three sample groups from BK patients contained significantly less

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Eye Infections, BacterialKeratitisMicrobiotaBacteriaDNA, BacterialHumansRNA, Ribosomal, 16SDNA, BacterialRNA, Ribosomal, 16Sbacterial keratitiscausative bacteriadysbiosislatent susceptibilitynext-generation sequencingocular microbiome

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PMID34055665
PMCPMC8155582
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