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Obtaining appropriate samples from diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) where there is a suspicion of infection is of high importance. Paired swabs and tissue biopsies were collected from DFUs and both sampling techniques were compared using 16S rRNA gene sequencing.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Mean bacterial abundance determined using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was significantly lower in tissue biopsies (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.03). The mean number of reads across all samples was significantly higher in wound swabs\n                      <jats:inline-formula>\n                        <jats:alternatives>\n                          <jats:tex-math>$$ \\Big(\\overline{X} $$<\/jats:tex-math>\n                          <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                            <mml:mspace\/>\n                            <mml:mo>(<\/mml:mo>\n                            <mml:mover>\n                              <mml:mi>X<\/mml:mi>\n                              <mml:mo>\u00af<\/mml:mo>\n                            <\/mml:mover>\n                          <\/mml:math>\n                        <\/jats:alternatives>\n                      <\/jats:inline-formula>\n                      = 32,014) compared to tissue (\n                      <jats:inline-formula>\n                        <jats:alternatives>\n                          <jats:tex-math>$$ \\overline{X} $$<\/jats:tex-math>\n                          <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                            <mml:mover>\n                              <mml:mi>X<\/mml:mi>\n                              <mml:mo>\u00af<\/mml:mo>\n                            <\/mml:mover>\n                          <\/mml:math>\n                        <\/jats:alternatives>\n                      <\/jats:inline-formula>\n                      = 15,256,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.001). Tissue biopsies exhibited greater overall diversity of bacteria relative to swabs (Shannon\u2019s H diversity\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.009). However, based on a presence\/absence analysis of all paired samples, the frequency of occurrence of bacteria from genera of known and potential pathogens was generally higher in wound swabs than tissue biopsies. Multivariate analysis identified significantly different bacterial communities in swabs compared to tissue (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.001). There was minimal correlation between paired wound swabs and tissue biopsies in the number and types of microorganisms. RELATE analysis revealed low concordance between paired DFU swab and tissue biopsy samples (Rho\u2009=\u20090.043,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.34).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Using 16S rRNA gene sequencing this study identifies the potential for using less invasive swabs to recover high relative abundances of known and potential pathogen genera from DFUs when compared to the gold standard collection method of tissue biopsy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12866-020-01843-2","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,16]],"date-time":"2020-06-16T05:04:19Z","timestamp":1592283859000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":41,"title":["The microbiome of diabetic foot ulcers: a comparison of swab and tissue biopsy wound sampling techniques using 16S rRNA gene sequencing"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"J.","family":"Travis","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"M.","family":"Malone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"H.","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"A.","family":"Baten","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"K.","family":"Johani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"F.","family":"Huygens","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"K.","family":"Vickery","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4052-3888","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"K.","family":"Benkendorff","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,16]]},"reference":[{"issue":"3","key":"1843_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"137","DOI":"10.1016\/j.molmed.2013.12.004","volume":"20","author":"K Futrega","year":"2014","unstructured":"Futrega K, King M, Lott WB, Doran MR. 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