Studies on the Candida-group in Saliva and Feces of Normal and Diseased Persons

Abstract

The candida group (70%: Candida albicans) was isolated in a fairly great rate from the saliva or/and feces of normal and diseased persons, with some settling there for years. The isolation rate of negative cases, if given antibiotics, increased markedly, the majority of them converting to positive both in saliva and feces, without necessarily demonstrating candidosis. In newborns candida appeared first in the mouth and then also in the feces. From the identity of the strains isolated, it might by concluded that the candida entered into the body chiefly from the mouth, remained in the mouth and intestine of the all age groups and was excreted in the feces.
The higher isolation rate and the greater variety of strains isolated in the feces than in the saliva suggest that the intestinal canal offers a suitable place for multiplication and constitutes the infectious source.