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Orointestinal mycoses are localized mainly in the oral cavity and in the oesphagus. Candida oesophagitis is not only found in AIDS-patients, also in patients of risk admitted to intensive care units. Upper intertinoscopies were made in 124 patients. Oesophageal candidosis was found in 6 patients, two of them had also Candida plaques in the stomach. The patients of the intensive care unit had an Apache-II-score of 26.7, those with Candida antibodies was observed with 59 of 124 patients (47.6%), including all patients with oesophageal candidosis. Obviously also Candida infections of other localizations must be suspected. There was a correlation between the severity of endoscopic aspects and the invasiveness observed microscopically. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Regarding Candida in dermatology, two pathogenetic pathways must be taken into account: 1. on infection of the skin 2. immunological reactions with skin alterations as a result of Candida infection or colonization in the mouth and/or intestine. Case reports describe typical situations of napkin dermatitis, intertriginous candidosis, the intrauterine Candida infection of the foetus, Candida granuloma, Candida folliculitis and Candida paronychia. In the second part results of investigations of patients suffering from psoriasis, atopic dermatitis and urticaria are presented. There were no differences in the colonization with Candida albicans and in the level of Candida antibody titres between patients and a healthy control group. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]