| Abstract: | A total of 258 children were tested for the presence of fungi in stool. One group consisted of 148 children with non-specific gastrointestinal tract disorders while the other was a group of 110 asthmatics. A quantitative method of enzymatic and mechanical homogenisation was used. The findings were divided into three ranges as follows: < 10(3), 10(3)-10(5), > 10(5) fungal cells in one gram of stool. The number of > 10(5) fungal cells in one gram of stool was considered as pathogenic and requiring treatment. Such a number of fungi in stool was found in 48.1% of children in the first group and in 35.9% in the second one. However, the percentage of fungal presence was higher in the group of asthmatics (83.6% vs. 70.3%). Candida albicans considerably outnumbered the remaining fungal species in the isolates. It was found out that other than C. albicans Candida species were more resistant to the antifungals. |
