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Tropical leg lymphedema caused by podoconiosis is associated with increased colonisation by anaerobic bacteria
The non-filarial and non-communicable disease podoconiosis affects around 4 million people and is characterized by severe leg lymphedema accompanied with painful intermittent acute inflammatory episodes, called acute dermatolymphangioadenitis (ADLA) attacks. Risk factors have been associated with th...
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author | Neidhöfer, Claudio Nkwetta, Derick Lekealem Fuen, Bangsi Rose Yenban, Njodzeka Flora Mbiatong, Nancielle Nchanji, Gordon Takop Korir, Patricia Wetzig, Nina Sieber, Martin Thiele, Ralf Parcina, Marijo Klarmann-Schulz, Ute Hoerauf, Achim Wanji, Samuel Ritter, Manuel |
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description | The non-filarial and non-communicable disease podoconiosis affects around 4 million people and is characterized by severe leg lymphedema accompanied with painful intermittent acute inflammatory episodes, called acute dermatolymphangioadenitis (ADLA) attacks. Risk factors have been associated with the disease but the mechanisms of pathophysiology remain uncertain. Lymphedema can lead to skin lesions, which can serve as entry points for bacteria that may cause ADLA attacks leading to progression of the lymphedema. However, the microbiome of the skin of affected legs from podoconiosis individuals remains unclear. Thus, we analysed the skin microbiome of podoconiosis legs using next generation sequencing. We revealed a positive correlation between increasing lymphedema severity and non-commensal anaerobic bacteria, especially Anaerococcus provencensis, as well as a negative correlation with the presence of Corynebacterium, a constituent of normal skin flora. Disease symptoms were generally linked to higher microbial diversity and richness, which deviated from the normal composition of the skin. These findings show an association of distinct bacterial taxa with lymphedema stages, highlighting the important role of bacteria for the pathogenesis of podoconiosis and might enable a selection of better treatment regimens to manage ADLA attacks and disease progression. |
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spelling | pubmed-104474422023-08-25 Tropical leg lymphedema caused by podoconiosis is associated with increased colonisation by anaerobic bacteria Neidhöfer, Claudio Nkwetta, Derick Lekealem Fuen, Bangsi Rose Yenban, Njodzeka Flora Mbiatong, Nancielle Nchanji, Gordon Takop Korir, Patricia Wetzig, Nina Sieber, Martin Thiele, Ralf Parcina, Marijo Klarmann-Schulz, Ute Hoerauf, Achim Wanji, Samuel Ritter, Manuel Sci Rep Article The non-filarial and non-communicable disease podoconiosis affects around 4 million people and is characterized by severe leg lymphedema accompanied with painful intermittent acute inflammatory episodes, called acute dermatolymphangioadenitis (ADLA) attacks. Risk factors have been associated with the disease but the mechanisms of pathophysiology remain uncertain. Lymphedema can lead to skin lesions, which can serve as entry points for bacteria that may cause ADLA attacks leading to progression of the lymphedema. However, the microbiome of the skin of affected legs from podoconiosis individuals remains unclear. Thus, we analysed the skin microbiome of podoconiosis legs using next generation sequencing. We revealed a positive correlation between increasing lymphedema severity and non-commensal anaerobic bacteria, especially Anaerococcus provencensis, as well as a negative correlation with the presence of Corynebacterium, a constituent of normal skin flora. Disease symptoms were generally linked to higher microbial diversity and richness, which deviated from the normal composition of the skin. These findings show an association of distinct bacterial taxa with lymphedema stages, highlighting the important role of bacteria for the pathogenesis of podoconiosis and might enable a selection of better treatment regimens to manage ADLA attacks and disease progression. Nature Publishing Group UK 2023-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10447442/ /pubmed/37612446 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-40765-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Neidhöfer, Claudio Nkwetta, Derick Lekealem Fuen, Bangsi Rose Yenban, Njodzeka Flora Mbiatong, Nancielle Nchanji, Gordon Takop Korir, Patricia Wetzig, Nina Sieber, Martin Thiele, Ralf Parcina, Marijo Klarmann-Schulz, Ute Hoerauf, Achim Wanji, Samuel Ritter, Manuel Tropical leg lymphedema caused by podoconiosis is associated with increased colonisation by anaerobic bacteria |
title | Tropical leg lymphedema caused by podoconiosis is associated with increased colonisation by anaerobic bacteria |
title_full | Tropical leg lymphedema caused by podoconiosis is associated with increased colonisation by anaerobic bacteria |
title_fullStr | Tropical leg lymphedema caused by podoconiosis is associated with increased colonisation by anaerobic bacteria |
title_full_unstemmed | Tropical leg lymphedema caused by podoconiosis is associated with increased colonisation by anaerobic bacteria |
title_short | Tropical leg lymphedema caused by podoconiosis is associated with increased colonisation by anaerobic bacteria |
title_sort | tropical leg lymphedema caused by podoconiosis is associated with increased colonisation by anaerobic bacteria |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10447442/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37612446 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-40765-7 |
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