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vorable factors, changing ecology, extensive use of chemicals
at home or at work, and the use of various medicinal agents,
particularly antibiotics and immunosuppressants. The grow-
ing number of invasive treatment and examination methods
with various foreign bodies spending a long time in the blood-
stream have led to the fact that over the past two decades, the
candida genus, which was a pathogen rarely encountered, has
become one of the main pathogens to cause serious infec-
tions. In fact, Candida fungi occupy fourth place by frequency
of microorganisms excreted from the blood and fi rst place by
hospital mortality from septic condition in the U.S. and Europe.
The fungus colonizes on the skin or in the mucous mem-
branes of the organs, such as: in the mouth (thrush, is more
commonly found in newborns), in the intestine (the main cause
of intestinal dysbacteriosis are fungi of the candida genus) into
the vagina (in cases of urogenital candidiasis or thrush) in the
urinary tract (in cases of urolithiasis and pyelonephritis). Candi-
diasis is accompanied as a concomitant infection in many dis-
eases: of the ENT organs, skin and urogenital system. The fun-
gus is much more marked in the presence of diabetes mellitus
or other chronic diseases that lead to reduced immunity. The
most dangerous candidiasis includes: pulmonary candidiasis,
candida meningitis and candida endocarditis.
The duration of the course of candidiasis may be measured
in months or even years. In some cases, periodic recurrences
occur throughout one’s whole life.