Microbial associations in human biotopes as a factor determining the occurrence of polymicrobial infections

Abstract

Annually, data are accumulating on the involvement of opportunistic microorganisms in the development of inflammatory diseases in humans, maintaining a chronic inflammatory response and, thus, adapting to the conditions of existence in the biotopes of the human body. This review provides information on the interactions of microorganisms of medical importance, which affects the virulence of both opportunistic pathogens and “classical” pathogens, which probably underlie the chronicity of infection and inflammation. Often, opportunistic pathogenic species cannot fully realize their pathogenic potential, which is observed in numerous cases under conditions of microbial symbiosis. Thus, a revision of approaches to interpreting the results of microbiological methods is necessary, which takes into account the functional activity of the total microflora and the search for individual extrachromosomal genetic elements as a marker of the pathogenicity of microorganisms.

Keywords

conditionally pathogenic microorganisms / infection / microbial symbiosis / pathogenicity

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