Rare non-albicans Candida species detected in different clinical diagnoses

In working on the incidence of yeasts we excluded from the tested set C. al bicans. C krusei, C, parapsilosis and C tropicalis on the basis of morpholo gical and biochemical properties. We found 16 rare species of yeasts; C. cl aussenii (16). C, guilliermondii (10). C. robusta (9) C pulcherrima (8), C. zeylanoides (4), C. glabrata (3). C. lusitaniae (3). C. catenulata (2). C. mesenterica (2), C utilis (2), C. freyschussii, C, intermedia, C. kefyr, C . lipolytica, C. mogii, C, pseudotropicalis (1 for each). These yeasts were detected mainly in cases of premature babies (22) from the nasopharynx (13 ), from the rectum (4). from the skin (23), from wound drains and from bloo d (1 for each), with gynaecological diagnoses (IS) and rarely other diagnos es, such as malignancy (5). hypertension and respiratory infections (4 for each), kidney transplantation (3), dialysis. haemolytic-uremic syndrome (2 for each), perforation of gastric ulcus, otitis, prostatitis, ulcus cruris, coma, spina bifida, peritonitis and hepatic failure from different clinica l material.