The occurrence of Candida albicans in sputum in Denmark.

It is known that pulmonary moniliasis may complicate treatment with antibiotics (Wolff, 1952; annotations in the Lancet, 1951, 1952; Werner, 1953; Browne, 1954; Bratlund and Holten, 1954). Recently Bratlund and Holten (1954) have reported cases of moniliasis during treatment with cortisone or corticotrophin. Viable Candida albicans has not been found outside the living organism (Nilsby and Norden, 1949). Sharp (1954) has found that the sputum is the most fruitful source for the isolation of Candida albicans. In his series 174 men with pneumonia were examined before treatment, when Candida albicans was isolated from 48% of spula, 26% of throat swabs, and 3% of rectal swabs. Probably infection spreads directly from man to