Open AccessUpper respiratory tract microbiota in health and disease – a minireview
Author(s) -
Edyta Chwiejczak,
Urszula Kosikowska
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
current issues in pharmacy and medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.134
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2300-6676
pISSN - 2084-980X
DOI - 10.1515/cipms-2018-0035
Subject(s) - respiratory tract , medicine , disease , respiratory system , upper respiratory tract infection , airway , immunology , intensive care medicine , surgery
A most common infection is that the upper respiratory tract. The human body is inhabited by millions of microorganisms, most of which enable the proper functioning of some systems and constitute a barrier protecting against harmful external factors. Due to the continuous contact of the upper airway microbiota with the external environment, it may seem to be extremely unstable and very diverse. A number of studies have been conducted that have assessed the effect of various factors on the composition of the upper respiratory tract microbiota. This paper presents a literature analysis which showed that the anatomical area is rich in terms of the microbiota that forms it, and despite the constant changes in many parameters, including physical – very stable.