BRIEF RESEARCH REPORT article
Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol.
Sec. Clinical Microbiology
Volume 15 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1624288
Unveiling Facklamia: Detection of an emerging microbe in the skin microbiome of patients with filarial lymphedema
Provisionally accepted
- Vector Control Research Centre (ICMR), Puducherry, India
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Facklamia is an emerging pathogen in human beings and only 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.
Keywords: Facklamia, filarial lymphedema, Skin microbiome, Opportunistic pathogen, 16S rRNA-based metagenomics
Received: 08 May 2025; Accepted: 08 Jul 2025.
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* Correspondence: Vijesh Sreedhar Kuttiatt, Vector Control Research Centre (ICMR), Puducherry, India
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