Rare non-albicans candida species detected in different clinical diagnoses

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Abstract
In working on the incidence of yeast we excluded from the tested setC. albicans, C. krusei, C. parapsilosis andC. tropicalis on the basis of morphological and biochemical properties. We found 16 rare species of yeasts:C. claussenii (16),C. guilliermondii (10),C. robusta (9),C. pulcherrima (8),C. zeylanoides (4),C. glabrata (3),C. lusitaniae (3),C. catenulata (2),C. mesenterica (2),C. utilis (2),C. freyschussii,C. intermedia, C. kefyr, C. lipolytica, C. mogii, C. pseudotropicalis (1 for each). These yeast were detected mainly in cases of premature babies (22) from the nasopharynx (13), from the rectum (4), from the skin (23), from wound drains and from blood (1 for each), with gynæcological diagnoses (15) and rarely other diagnoses, such as malignancy (5), hypertension and respiratory infections (4 for each), kidney transplantation (3), dialysis, hæmolytic-uremic syndrome (2 for each), perforation of gastric ulcus, otitis, prostatitis, ulcus cruris, coma, spina bifida, peritonitis and hepatic failure from different clinical material.