ANTAGONISTIC AND ADHESIVE PROPERTIES OF OPPORTUNISTIC MICROFLORA EXCRETED FROM LOWER AIRWAYS IN COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
Antagonistic activity and adhesive properties of opportunistic microflora cultures excreted in diagnostically significant concentration from the sputum of patients with community-acquired pneumonia were investigated. It was demonstrated that all the cultures possessed a relatively marked antagonism in relation to different test-strains. All the investigated bacterial cultures were revealed to have adhesive ability on the cells of the human body. The obtained data confirm significance of these properties in general pathogenic and persistent potential of opportunistic microflora.