title: [Anaerobic flora of the respiratory tract (author's transl)].
abstract: The general outlines for the microbiological study of respiratory tract anaerobic flora are indicated. To day research tend to assign to these bacteria a significant role in sustaining some diseases of lungs pleural space and upper respiratory tract; anaerobes are therefore a subject of outstanding interest for clinical microbiologists. Difficult arise in isolation and identification of respiratory tract anaerobes owing to normal presence of anaerobic flora in the mouth; the difficult can be overcomed by avoiding contamination with normal flora (lung puncture for instance) or by quantitative evaluations of bacteria in sputum.
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003470:Culture Media; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000382:microbiology*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media
vernacular_title: La flora anaerobia dell'apparato respiratorio