Presence of Saccharomycopsis capsularis in the human respiratory system

Abstract

The following paper represents a fragment of studies on the dynamics of microflora in the human respiratory system with a particular focus on new species developing in that ontocoenosis. Saccharomycopsis capsularus amounts to 6.7% of all the isolated fungi. The isolates were obtained from sputum (41.9%), bronchoscopic material (18.6%) and the pharyngeal, nasal and oral swabs representing jointly 39.5% of the positive results. Almost twice as many isolates were obtained from women (66.3%) as from men (33.7%). The fungi were most frequently found in the spring and autumn, more rarely in the winter, the rarest in the summer. Appearance of S. capsularis in the human body is, most probably, a consequence of its increased expansiveness in the external environment. So far it has been isolated from the soil, pollens of some tropical plants and from water reservoirs contaminated with municipal sewage.