Participation of yeast-like fungi in respiratory system diseases tuberculosis and neoplasms

Abstract

The following paper contains the research results (1997·1999). concerning the presence of yeast-like fungi in the human respiratory system (sputum, bronchoscopy material) of 1315 patients of the Specialistic Public Hospital of Lung Diseases and Oncology in Olsztyn with the neoplasm development process end suspicion of tuberculosis. In the studied group the majority of patients with neoplasms (452 people: 311 female and 141 male) were infected with fungi. The were isolated from 280 women (90%) and 130 men (92%). Among 78 people suspicion of tuberculosis and treated with series of antibiotics only two cases mycobacterium was obtained. All the 76 patients the presence of mycobacterium was not found, although, the clinical symptomps and radiological researches indicated tuberculosis. In total 9 species fungi were isolated: Candida, Saccharomycopsis and Trichosporon. The Candida albicans dominated. The results obtained confirm negative influence of the modern antibiotics and neoplastic therapy, which succession is the drastic decrease in cellular resistance ad activity of pathogenic fungi often imitating symptoms other diseases (e.g. tuberculosis).