Abstract
This review article presents definitions of intestinal dysbiosis, main characteristic of normal gastro-intestinal biocenosis, classification of eubiocenosis, data on mucosal and luminal microflora, its functions and their regulation, peculiarities of colon and small intestinal dysbiosis, its classification, criteria for virulence of opportunistic microflora. Debatable terminological issues are considered. Modern methods of diagnostics of colon and small intestinal dysbiosis are described with reference to its clinical manifestations, such as antibiotic-associated diarrhea and pseudomembraneous colitis. New hypotheses of microflora phylogenetic core and symbiotic digestion are discussed with special reference to their rationale and prospects of further studies.
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