Author: S. P. Pasechnikov, MD, PhD, Professor, Head of the Department of Urology at the Bogomolets National Medical University, Head of the Department of Inflammatory Diseases at the Institute of Urology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine
The article presents the literature data on the study of urinary microbiom in healthy individuals and patients with urological pathology. A modern views of the properties and mechanism of action of probiotics is outlined. The problem of using probiotics in the treatment of diseases of the urinary system has been actualized.
Keywords: microbiota, urinary tract, dysbiosis, urinary tract infections, lactobacilli, bifidobacteria, probiotics.
Published in the journal “Medical aspects of men’s health” №3(30) ‘2018