Azithromycin alters the microbiome composition, function and resistome in women with Chlamydia trachomatis infections.

ABSTRACT: Antibiotics disrupt mucosal microbial communities, yet the effects on microbiomes infected with Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) remain poorly understood. Some data exist on vaginal microbiomes, but none exist for the endocervix or rectum that are primary sites of infection. We applied metagenomic shotgun sequencing to vaginal, endocervical and rectal samples collected longitudinally from women who cleared their infection post-treatment (n = 10), had persistent infection (n = 11), or remained uninfected (n = 18) to evaluate azithromycin-induced changes in microbial composition, function, and the resistome over time. Our results show shifts in composition and function post-treatment that support persistent Ct, nonsynonymous Ct L22 amino acid substitutions that may be linked to azithromycin resist

SUBMITTER: Bommana S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12738766 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature