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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: Indian J Rheumatol. 2021 Mar 23;16(1):57–72. doi: 10.4103/injr.injr_210_20

Table 3:

Comparison of adult Systemic lupus erythematosus microbiome studies

SLE microbiome study # samples Tissue (country) Lower abundance in SLE patients versus HC Increased abundance in SLE patients versus HC
SLE (n=20)
HC (n=20)
Fecal (Spain)[26] 		Firmicutes Bacteroidetes
SLE (n=45)
Fecal (China)[27] 		Dialister, Pseudobutyrivibrio Rhodococcus, Eggerthella, Klebsiella, Prevotella, Eubacterium, Flavonifractor
SLE (n=14)
Non-SLE control (n=17)
Fecal (USA)[28] 		Odoribacter Proteobacteria, Blautia
SLE (n=61)
Fecal (USA)[29] 		Ruminococcus gnavus
SLE (n=52)
HC (n=52)
Oral (Brazil)[30] 		Fretibacterium, Prevotella nigrescens, Selenomonas
SLE (n=20)
HC (n=19)
Oral (China)[31] 		Sphingomonadaceae, Halomonadaceae, Xanthomonadaceae Lactobacillaceae, Veillonellaceae, Moraxellaceae

SLE: Systemic lupus erythematosus, HC: Healthy control