[The role of associative opportunistic flora in the development of odontogenic inflammatory diseases of the maxillofacial area].

Morphologic and microbiologic study of the operation and biopsy specimens, obtained from 73 patients with odontogenic inflammatory processes has shown that in 38% of cases the inflammation was induced by mixed fungal and bacterial flora. Associations of staphylococci or streptococci with actinomyces, Candida, Penicillium, Rhodotorula were most frequently isolated. As a rule, weak patients developed odontogenic inflammatory processes with mycotic involvement, these processes often taking a chronic course.

[Experimental candidiasis of the mouth mucosa under conditions of the inhibition of leukopoiesis].

In the experiments on rats (25--experimental rats, 15--the control group) using histological and electron microscopic methods the authors studied the nature of inflammatory response in the mouth cavity mucosa. Inflammatory response had an acellular nature with the predominance of alternative processes.