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A chronic wound is defined by a wound that have failed to heal after 3 months, even with appropriate wound care.&nbsp;There is a diverse&nbsp;number&nbsp;of bacteria in these wounds, and some bacteria can delay appropriate healing.&nbsp;In this study published in&nbsp;Microbial Ecology,&nbsp;researchers&nbsp;aim to assess the&nbsp;underlying comorbidities less commonly studied in the context of chronic wounds, such as autoimmune diseases, as well as&nbsp;the&nbsp;connection between&nbsp;microbiota&nbsp;and wound healing trends.&nbsp;<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
Here it is "Co-occurrence of Anaerobes in Human Chronic Wounds". Work done in collaboration with <a href="https://twitter.com/JCVenterInst?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JCVenterInst</a> supported by <a href="https://twitter.com/NINR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NINR</a> <a href="https://t.co/QiJbxHckRk">https://t.co/QiJbxHckRk</a><a href="https://twitter.com/GWSMHS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GWSMHS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/GWHospital?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GWHospital</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/GW_MFA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GW_MFA</a>
&mdash; Dr. Victoria Shanmugam (@VickiShanmugam) <a href="https://twitter.com/VickiShanmugam/status/1033515526348316673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2018</a>
</blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>In order to&nbsp;try and assess this information, researchers did a microbiome assessment of the Wound Healing and Etiology (WE-HEAL) Study cohort.&nbsp;For the study, the chronic wound specimens of&nbsp;60 patients&nbsp;were&nbsp;collected through the WE-HEAL Study using 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing.&nbsp;The group of&nbsp;co-occurring obligate anaerobes&nbsp;that were identified&nbsp;included&nbsp;members of the Gram-positive anaerobic cocci (GPAC) of the Clostridia class (i.e.,&nbsp;Anaerococcus,&nbsp;Finegoldia, and&nbsp;Peptoniphilus) and additional strict anaerobes (i.e.,&nbsp;Porphyromonas&nbsp;and&nbsp;Prevotella).&nbsp;<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
Co-occurrence of anaerobes in human chronic wounds&hellip;. &ndash; Choi Y et al. &ndash; <a href="https://t.co/qsEDOgi9aW">https://t.co/qsEDOgi9aW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/microbiome?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#microbiome</a>
&mdash; Microbiome Articles (@microbe_article) <a href="https://twitter.com/microbe_article/status/1033271696843792384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 25, 2018</a>
</blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>According to the results,&nbsp;the examination of clinical comorbidities of the WE-HEAL specimens showed that specific obligate and facultative anaerobes were significantly reduced in wounds presented with autoimmune disease.&nbsp;&ldquo;We identified a co-occurring obligate anaerobic community type that predominated some human chronic wounds and underrepresentation of anaerobes in wounds associated with autoimmune diseases,&rdquo; the researchers concluded.&nbsp;&ldquo;Possible elucidation of host environments or key factors that influence anaerobe colonization warrants further investigation in a larger cohort.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;Check out&nbsp;an article on&nbsp;the growth of patients with&nbsp;<a href="https://proddocwire.wpengine.com/docwire-pick/juvenile-idiopathic-arthritis/">juvenile idiopathic arthritis during tocilizumab therapy</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;SOURCE:<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00248-018-1231-z">&nbsp;</a>Microbial Ecology&nbsp;

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