Current Viewpoint on Female Urogenital Microbiome—The Cause or the Consequence?

• Published in: Microorganisms (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 5; p. 1207
• Main Authors: Čeprnja, Marina, Hadžić, Edin, Oros, Damir, Melvan, Ena, Starcevic, Antonio, Zucko, Jurica
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 04.05.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: antibiotic resistance; Antimicrobial agents; Antimicrobial resistance; artificial intelligence; Bacteria; Big Data; Bioinformatics; Cystitis; Ecosystems; Females; Health aspects; Interaction models; Intestinal microflora; intestinal microorganisms; Machine learning; microbial communities; microbiome; Microbiomes; Microbiota; Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms); Microorganisms; NGS; Pathogens; patients; Physiological aspects; Prey; Review; Skin; uncertainty; Urinary organs; Urinary tract; Urinary tract diseases; Urinary tract infections; Urine; Urogenital system; UT microbiota; Vagina; Women; Croatia; Big Data; UT microbiota; NGS; cystitis; machine learning; bioinformatics

An increasing amount of evidence implies that native microbiota is a constituent part of a healthy urinary tract (UT), making it an ecosystem on its own. What is still not clear is whether the origin of the urinary microbial community is the indirect consequence of the more abundant gut microbiota o...