[Animal experiments on the persorption of Candida albicans and a possible resultant immune response (author's transl)].

The aim of this study was to find out whether the saprophytic presence of abnormally high quantities of C. albicans in the digestive tract leads to the development of a) positive serological reactions to this fungus and/or b) fungaemia via persorption. The following experiments were performed with rabbits: Administration of suspensions of living or inactivated yeast cells or of starch flour by gastric tube; intradermal immunization and administration of certain antibiotics in a separate comparative series; serological, histological and/or mycological investigations in blood, urine and tissue samples.