Abstract:
ObjectiveTo compare the intestinal flora diversity and bacterial phenotypes between chloasma patients and healthy people by a new generation 16S rRNA sequencing technology.
MethodsThirty patients with chloasma were recruited as study group, while 20 healthy individuals were recruited as control group.Structural composition and phenotypic characteristics of bacterial community were analyzed in stool samples with sequencing.
ResultsThe abundance and diversity of the intestinal flora community were relatively reduced in the study group.Compared with control group, the abundance of Bacteroidota, Bacteroidia, Bacteroidales, Prevotellaceae, Bacteroidaceae, Prevotella, and Bacteroides were lower, while Firmicutes, Actinobacteriota, Actinobacteria, Lactobacillales, Bifidobacteriales, Lachnospiraceae, and Blautia were higher in study group (P < 0.05 to P < 0.01).
ConclusionsThe intestinal flora differs between the patients with chloasma and healthy people.