Urinary Microbiota of Healthy Prepubescent Girls and Boys—A Pilot Study
The urine of healthy prepubescent children contained various aerobic-anaerobic combinations of microorganisms. Their diversity in the urine of girls and boys did not differ significantly. However, the level of α-diversity of microorganisms was higher in girls than in boys. We noted differences in the prevalence of certain taxa of microorganisms in the urine of boys and girls. Our study showed a close functional relationship between aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms detected in the urine of children in more than half of the cases.
Authors
- Y.L. Naboka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0937-4573)
- E. M. Kotieva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5595-8799)
- Violetta Мikhailovna Kotieva
- И. А. Гудима (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0995-7848)
- В. В. Сизонов (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9145-8671)
- Johannes Mayr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0144-620X)
- М. И. Коган (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1710-0169)
- Marina Chernytskaya
Institutions
- Rostov State Medical University (RU)
- University of Basel (CH)
- University Children’s Hospital Basel (CH)
- Regional Children's Clinical Hospital No. 1 (RU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Children
- Published
- 2024-12-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/children12010040
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.39