Nasal Microbiota Dominated by Moraxella Spp. is Associated with Respiratory Health in the Elderly Population: a Case Control Study

Overview

Journal Respir Res

Specialty Pulmonary Medicine

Date 2020 Jul 16

PMID 32664929

Citations 11

Authors

Ellen H A van den Munckhof

Harriet C Hafkamp

Josephine de Kluijver

Ed J Kuijper

Maurits N C de Koning

Wim G V Quint

Cornelis W Knetsch

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Abstract

Background: The elderly (≥65 years) are one of the populations most at risk for respiratory tract infections (RTIs). The aim of this study was to determine whether nasal and/or oropharyngeal microbiota profiles are associated with age and RTIs.

Methods: Nasal and oropharyngeal swabs of 152 controls and 152 patients with an RTI were included. The latter group consisted of 72 patients with an upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) and 80 with a lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI). Both nasal and oropharyngeal swabs were subjected to microbiota profiling using amplicon sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene. Moraxella species were determined using quantitative real-time PCR and culture.

Results: Based on the microbiota profiles of the controls and the patients with an RTI, eight nasal and nine oropharyngeal microbiota clusters were defined. Nasal microbiota dominated by either Moraxella catarrhalis or Moraxella nonliquefaciens was significantly more prevalent in elderly compared to mid-aged adults in the control group (p = 0.002). Dominance by M. catarrhalis/nonliquefaciens was significantly less prevalent in elderly with an LRTI (p = 0.001) compared to controls with similar age.

Conclusions: Nasal microbiota dominated by M. catarrhalis/nonliquefaciens is associated with respiratory health in the elderly population.

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