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Theworld'spopulationisestimatedtoreach8.
9billionby2050with370million peopleof80yearsofageorolder.
Ageingisanincurablediseaseandde?nedasthe
'deregulationofbiochemicalprocessesimportantforlife',butforthepurposeof
this book, ageing is better de?ned as the biological process of
growing older. Ageingispartofnaturalhumandevelopment.
Asyouwillseethroughoutthisbook,themicrobiologicalburdenonthehostis
enormousandclinicallysigni?cant,andwillundoubtedlyhavearoletoplayinthe
ageing process. As humans are living longer, there is a greater
propensity to infection. This risk is substantially heightened in
elderly individuals who are predisposedtoinfection.
Whiletheprocessofageinganditseffectsonthehost's microbiology are
poorly documented and researched, data obtained from gut
studieshaveshownthatmicrobiologicalchangestakeplaceovertimesuggesting
signi?cancetothehost.
Dothemicrobiologicalchangesthatoccurwithinandupon
thehostin?uencetheprocessofageingorisitthebiologicalchangesofthehost
thataffectsthemicrobiology?Doesthisthereforeaffectourpropensitytodisease?
Asthehost'smicrobiologychangeswithageing,isthissigni?cantlybene?cialor
severelydetrimentaltothehost?Aretherewaysofenhancinglifeexpectancyby
reducingcertainbacteriafromproliferatingorconverselybyenhancingthesurvival
ofbene? cialbacteria?
Thisbookconsidersthemicrobiologyofthehostindifferentregionsofthebody
andhowthesevaryinthedifferentagegroups. Chapter1ofthebookfocuseson
ageingtheorieswithChap.
2consideringthehumanindigenous?oraandhowthis
isaffectedduringageing.
Chapter3highlightsthemaininfectionsassociatedwith
anelderlypopulation,whileChap. 4reviewstheprocessofskinageingandits
associatedmicrobiology. Chapter5reviewstheageinglungandChap.
6reviews in?uenzaintheelderly.
Chapter7highlightsthechangesthatoccurintheoral micro?ora and host
defences with advanced age with Chap. 8 reviewing the
in?uenceofthegutmicrobiotawithageing. Chapter8focusesonthegutandits
associatedimmunity.
Theremainingfourchaptersofthebookconsiderclostridium
andtheageinggut,Helicobacterpyloriandthehygienehypothesisandthebene?ts
of probiotics. The microbiology theory of autism in children is
reviewed in vii viii Preface Chap. 13.
The?nalchapterofthebookexamineshowthebene?cialmicrobiology
ofthehostleadstohumandecomposition.
Thisbookencompassesacollectionofreviewsthathighlightthesigni?canceof
andthecrucialrolethatmicroorganismsplayinthehumanlifecycle.
Flintshire,UK StevenL. Percival Contents 1
AgeingTheories,DiseasesandMicroorganisms...1 StevenL. Percival 2
IndigenousMicrobiotaandAssociationwiththeHost...15 JohnG.
ThomasandStevenL. Percival 3 InfectionsintheElderly ...39
KnutOhlsen,SvitlanaKozytska,andUdoLorenz 4
SkinAgingandMicrobiology...57
LeslieBaumann,EdmundWeisberg,andStevenL. Percival 5
LungInfectionsandAging ...95 SameerK. MathurandKeithC. Meyer 6
In?uenzaintheElderly...113 CaterinaHatzifotiandAndrewWilliamHeath 7
ChangesinOralMicro?oraandHostDefences withAdvancedAge ...131
RimondiaS. Percival 8 In?uenceoftheGutMicrobiotawithAgeing...153
EileenMurphy,CarolineMurphy,andLiamO',butforthepurposeof this book,
ageing is better de?ned as the biological process of growing older.
Ageingispartofnaturalhumandevelopment.
Asyouwillseethroughoutthisbook,themicrobiologicalburdenonthehostis
enormousandclinicallysigni?cant,andwillundoubtedlyhavearoletoplayinthe
ageing process. As humans are living longer, there is a greater
propensity to infection. This risk is substantially heightened in
elderly individuals who are predisposedtoinfection.
Whiletheprocessofageinganditseffectsonthehost's microbiology are
poorly documented and researched, data obtained from gut
studieshaveshownthatmicrobiologicalchangestakeplaceovertimesuggesting
signi?cancetothehost.
Dothemicrobiologicalchangesthatoccurwithinandupon
thehostin?uencetheprocessofageingorisitthebiologicalchangesofthehost
thataffectsthemicrobiology?Doesthisthereforeaffectourpropensitytodisease?
Asthehost'smicrobiologychangeswithageing,isthissigni?cantlybene?cialor
severelydetrimentaltothehost?Aretherewaysofenhancinglifeexpectancyby
reducingcertainbacteriafromproliferatingorconverselybyenhancingthesurvival
ofbene?cialbacteria?
Thisbookconsidersthemicrobiologyofthehostindifferentregionsofthebody
andhowthesevaryinthedifferentagegroups. Chapter1ofthebookfocuseson
ageingtheorieswithChap.
2consideringthehumanindigenous?oraandhowthis
isaffectedduringageing.
Chapter3highlightsthemaininfectionsassociatedwith
anelderlypopulation,whileChap. 4reviewstheprocessofskinageingandits
associatedmicrobiology. Chapter5reviewstheageinglungandChap.
6reviews in?uenzaintheelderly.
Chapter7highlightsthechangesthatoccurintheoral micro?ora and host
defences with advanced age with Chap. 8 reviewing the
in?uenceofthegutmicrobiotawithageing. Chapter8focusesonthegutandits
associatedimmunity.
Theremainingfourchaptersofthebookconsiderclostridium
andtheageinggut,Helicobacterpyloriandthehygienehypothesisandthebene?ts
of probiotics. The microbiology theory of autism in children is
reviewed in vii viii Preface Chap. 13.
The?nalchapterofthebookexamineshowthebene?cialmicrobiology
ofthehostleadstohumandecomposition.
Thisbookencompassesacollectionofreviewsthathighlightthesigni?canceof
andthecrucialrolethatmicroorganismsplayinthehumanlifecycle.
Flintshire,UK StevenL. Percival Contents 1
AgeingTheories,DiseasesandMicroorganisms...1 StevenL. Percival 2
IndigenousMicrobiotaandAssociationwiththeHost...15 JohnG.
ThomasandStevenL. Percival 3 InfectionsintheElderly ...39
KnutOhlsen,SvitlanaKozytska,andUdoLorenz 4
SkinAgingandMicrobiology...57
LeslieBaumann,EdmundWeisberg,andStevenL. Percival 5
LungInfectionsandAging ...95 SameerK. MathurandKeithC. Meyer 6
In?uenzaintheElderly...113 CaterinaHatzifotiandAndrewWilliamHeath 7
ChangesinOralMicro?oraandHostDefences withAdvancedAge ...131
RimondiaS. Percival 8 In?uenceoftheGutMicrobiotawithAgeing...1 53
EileenMurphy,CarolineMurphy,andLiamO'Mahony 9
AGutReaction:AgingAffectsGut-AssociatedImmunity ...175 JosephF.
AlbrightandJuliaW. Albright 10 ClostridiumandTheAgeingGut...223
SarahConnorandStevenL. Percival ix x Contents 11
TheSigni?canceofHelicobacterPyloriAcquisition
andtheHygieneHypothesis...263 StevenL. Percival 12
ProbioticsandtheAgeingGut...275 StevenL. Percival 13
MicrobiologicalTheoryofAutisminChildhood ...291 StevenL. Percival
14 DecompositionofHumanRemains...313 RobertC. Janaway,StevenL.
Percival,andAndrewS. Wilson Index ...335 Contributors JosephF.
Albright,PhD Departmentof Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical
Medicine, The George
WashingtonUniversitySchoolofMedicine,Washington,DC,USA JuliaW.
Albright,PhD Departmentof Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical
Medicine, The George
WashingtonUniversitySchoolofMedicine,Washington,DC,USA
LeslieBaumann,MD UniversityofMiamiCosmeticCenter,MiamiBeach,FL,USA
SarahConnor,MSc
DepartmentofMicrobiology,LeedsGeneralIn?rmary,Leeds,UK
CaterinaHatzifoti,PhD
UniversityofShef?eldMedicalSchool,BeechHillRoad,Shef?eld,UK
AndrewW. Heath,PhD
UniversityofShef?eldMedicalSchool,BeechHillRoad,Shef?eld,UK
RobertC.
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