Progress on the relationship between lower respiratory tract microbiota and lower respiratory tract diseases in children / 国际儿科学杂志

ABSTRACT

The lower respiratory tract of healthy children exists microbiota, not sterile.The microbiota is symbiotic with children and plays a role in nutrition absorption, vitamin synthesis, metabolism of foreign substances and immune regulation, to maintain the health of children′s lower respiratory tract.The disturbance of lower respiratory tract microbiota would lead to some lower respiratory tract diseases or aggravate the occurrence and development of diseases.This paper reviews the research progress in the sources and detection methods of lower respiratory tract microbiota, the characteristics of lower respiratory tract microbiota in healthy children, and the relationship between lower respiratory tract microbiota and lower respiratory tract diseases in children, to provide help for more accurate diagnosis and treatment of lower respiratory diseases in children.