A Potential Predictive Role of the Scalp Microbiome Profiling in Patients with Alopecia Areata: Staphylococcus caprae, Corynebacterium, and Cutibacterium Species

Microorganisms

Hansoo Park¹  Seong Jin Kim²  Eun Jeong Won³  Hyun Hee Jang⁴ 

[1] Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju 61005, Korea;Department of Dermatology, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju 61469, Korea;Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun 58128, Jeollanam-do, Korea;Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun 58128, Jeollanam-do, Korea;

关键词: scalp microbiome;    alopecia areata;    prognosis;    Staphylococcus caprae;    Corynebacterium;    Cutibacterium species;   

DOI  :  10.3390/microorganisms10050864

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Little is known about the scalp bacterial composition of alopecia areata (AA) patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the differences in the scalp microbiome of AA patients according to their prognosis, in addition to healthy controls. A total of 33 AA patients and 12 healthy controls (HC) were included in this study. The microbiomes were characterized by sequencing 16S rRNA genes on the Illumina MiSeq platform. The scalp microbiome was more diverse in AA patients compared to HC, but not significantly different according to the severity of AA. Nevertheless, the higher proportion of Corynebacterium species and the lower proportion of Staphylococcus caprae among the Staphylococcus species were noticed in severe AA patients compared to HC or mild AA. The higher ratio of Cutibacterium species to S. caprae was noticed in severe AA. We highlight the potential predictive role of scalp microbiome profiling to a worse prognosis of patients with alopecia areata.

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