Unveiling Facklamia: detection of an emerging microbe in the skin microbiome of patients with filarial lymphedema
Facklamia is an emerging pathogen in human beings and only a few clinical cases were reported in the literature. We detected the presence of this unusual microbe among the skin flora of three patients with filarial lymphedema in a 16S rRNA-based metagenomic study on the skin microbiome. To our knowl...
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| author | Danapriyaa Dharmalingam Janani Semalaiyappan Sankari Thirumal Vijesh Sreedhar Kuttiatt |
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| description | Facklamia is an emerging pathogen in human beings and only a few clinical cases were reported in the literature. We detected the presence of this unusual microbe among the skin flora of three patients with filarial lymphedema in a 16S rRNA-based metagenomic study on the skin microbiome. To our knowledge, this is the first report of detection of this microbe in patients affected with filarial lymphedema. Further investigations are required to elucidate the role of Facklamia in secondary skin and soft tissue infection of filarial lymphedema patients. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d7c83c90a3c84e28b62d9cf090d1f4a62025-07-31T05:37:22ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology2235-29882025-07-011510.3389/fcimb.2025.16242881624288Unveiling Facklamia: detection of an emerging microbe in the skin microbiome of patients with filarial lymphedemaDanapriyaa DharmalingamJanani SemalaiyappanSankari ThirumalVijesh Sreedhar KuttiattFacklamia is an emerging pathogen in human beings and only a few clinical cases were reported in the literature. We detected the presence of this unusual microbe among the skin flora of three patients with filarial lymphedema in a 16S rRNA-based metagenomic study on the skin microbiome. To our knowledge, this is the first report of detection of this microbe in patients affected with filarial lymphedema. Further investigations are required to elucidate the role of Facklamia in secondary skin and soft tissue infection of filarial lymphedema patients.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2025.1624288/fullFacklamiafilarial lymphedemaskin microbiomeopportunistic pathogen16S rRNA-based metagenomics |
| spellingShingle | Danapriyaa Dharmalingam Janani Semalaiyappan Sankari Thirumal Vijesh Sreedhar Kuttiatt Unveiling Facklamia: detection of an emerging microbe in the skin microbiome of patients with filarial lymphedema Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology Facklamia filarial lymphedema skin microbiome opportunistic pathogen 16S rRNA-based metagenomics |
| title | Unveiling Facklamia: detection of an emerging microbe in the skin microbiome of patients with filarial lymphedema |
| title_full | Unveiling Facklamia: detection of an emerging microbe in the skin microbiome of patients with filarial lymphedema |
| title_fullStr | Unveiling Facklamia: detection of an emerging microbe in the skin microbiome of patients with filarial lymphedema |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unveiling Facklamia: detection of an emerging microbe in the skin microbiome of patients with filarial lymphedema |
| title_short | Unveiling Facklamia: detection of an emerging microbe in the skin microbiome of patients with filarial lymphedema |
| title_sort | unveiling facklamia detection of an emerging microbe in the skin microbiome of patients with filarial lymphedema |
| topic | Facklamia filarial lymphedema skin microbiome opportunistic pathogen 16S rRNA-based metagenomics |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2025.1624288/full |
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