How do normal flora and transient flora differ?

Normal flora is bacteria and yeast normally found on the skin and in every body orifice (or opening, such as the mouth, ears, rectum, vagina). A newborn carries the flora of his/her mother but soon...

Typically, when one says "I have an infection" they mean to say "I have a disease", however the latter is not quite so socially acceptable. In fact, we are all "infected" with a variety of...

Everyone has normal flora. It is the non-pathogenic microorganisms that reside all over your body outside and inside as well. The primary job of these microorganisms is to guard the area of the body...

do not remain as permanent flora of the body. the find the bodily conditions suitable for growth but do not cause infection or harm. They do not persist as resident flora do.