[Candidiasis of digestive tract mucous membranes as a marker of malignant neoplasms]. / Kandidoz slizistykh obolochek organov pishchevareniia kak marker zlokachestvennykh novoobrazovanii.

Presents the findings of mycologic examinations of 12 patients with carcinomas of various sites. Though such examinations were carried out because of mycotic involvement of the mucous membranes of the digestive and respiratory organs, profound studies have revealed malignant tumors. A case history is presented. The authors come to a conclusion that candidiasis may complicate and mask the course of malignant tumors of various sites over all the phases of their development. This necessitates purposeful search for a possible tumor in patients with deep mycoses.

[Specific circulating immune complexes and antibody titers in candidiasis]. / Spetsificheskie tsirkuliruiushchie immunnye kompleksy i titry antitel pri kandidoze.

Titers of antibodies to Candida albicans and specific circulating immune complexes have been studied in patients with chronic candidiasis of the genitals, skin and mucous membranes. In most patients with candidiasis of the skin and mucous membranes specific immune complexes have been detected in the blood serum; their determination increases the diagnostic value of serological tests in this disease.