Bacterial fora of patients treated with bleomycin]

Microflora of the pharynx, nose, sputum and excrements was investigated. It was found that bleomycin therapy may induce or aggravate the shifts in microbiocenosis of the pharynx and sputum in the direction of pathogenization (increase in the number of Staph. aureus, hemolytic streptococci, enterobacteria). A tendency to elimination of bifidobacteria and appearance of Proteus in the excrements was observed. Complications associated with the treatment are rarely of infectious origin.