Interactions Between and the Resident Microbiota

Overview

Journal Front Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2022 Oct 7

PMID 36204612

Authors

Hao Li

Ming-Xing Miao

Cheng-Lin Jia

Yong-Bing Cao

Tian-Hua Yan

Yuan-Ying Jiang

Feng Yang

Affiliations

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Abstract

is a prevalent, opportunistic human fungal pathogen. It usually dwells in the human body as a commensal, however, once in its pathogenic state, it causes diseases ranging from debilitating superficial to life-threatening systemic infections. The switch from harmless colonizer to virulent pathogen is, in most cases, due to perturbation of the fungus-host-microbiota interplay. In this review, we focused on the interactions between and the host microbiota in the mouth, gut, blood, and vagina. We also highlighted important future research directions. We expect that the evaluation of these interplays will help better our understanding of the etiology of fungal infections and shed new light on the therapeutic approaches.

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