Considering, as one of the options, the dependence of the occurrence off upper respiratory tract diseases on the stable quantitative state of opportunistic microorganisms in the oral mucosa, we conducted a retrospective study in the period from 2001 to 2007 to study the microbial landscape of smears from the posterior pharyngeal wall of patients diagnosed with tonsillitis, laryngitis and pharyngitis. Based on the results of the data, a picture of the levels of contamination was outlined and quantitative criteria for the etiological significance of each of the isolated clinical isolates were derived, in accordance with taxonomic affiliation
Considering, as one of the options, the dependence of the occurrence off upper respiratory tract diseases on the stable quantitative state of opportunistic microorganisms in the oral mucosa, we conducted a retrospective study in the period from 2001 to 2007 to study the microbial landscape of smears from the posterior pharyngeal wall of patients diagnosed with tonsillitis, laryngitis and pharyngitis. Based on the results of the data, a picture of the levels of contamination was outlined and quantitative criteria for the etiological significance of each of the isolated clinical isolates were derived, in accordance with taxonomic affiliation