Studies on the Candida-group (Isolation and identification)

Abstract

Of 1, 240 specimens of the pharyngeal secretion taken from the throat of the men, candida was positive in 129 (10.4%).
Of 239 specimens of the pharyngeal secretion taken from the throat of patients suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis, candida was positive in 53 (23.9%).
The rate was highest in infancy.
Candida was not sensitive against antibiotics except trichomycin.
C. albicans proved pathogenic against rabbits.