Figure 3
Evolution of the community structure of the nasal microbiota before and after mupirocin decolonization in S. aureus carriers and noncarriers. Shown are diversity bar plots of average species proportions (A,C) and the dissimilarity of these proportions (B,D) in each patient (dashed lines) and in average (solid lines; shaded area is the 95% confidence band of the mean). A high value for the Bray–Curtis dissimilarity indicates large difference in community structure relative to the initial state of the microbiota before decolonization. Nasal samples were taken immediately before decolonization (D0) and after 7 days (D7) and 1 (M1), 3 (M3), and 6 (M6) months in 8 S. aureus carriers (A,B) and noncarriers (C,D). Bacteria full names are, in order: Staphylococcus aureus, Dolosigranulum pigrum, Moraxella nonliquefaciens, Corynebacterium propinquum, Corynebacterium accolens, Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum, Corynebacterium macginleyi, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Cutibacterium acnes.
