Candida overgrowth in gastric juice of peptic ulcer subjects on short- and long-term treatment with H2-receptor antagonists.

Candida overgrowth in gastric juice of peptic ulcer subjects under therapy with H2-receptor (H2-R) antagonists has been detected in 21.4 and 53.8% of cases after short- and long-term treatment respectively, and in 8% of controls.

[Request for sampling and acquisition of biological samples for microbiological investigation (author's transl)].

On the grounds of published data and of those resulting from an investigation carried out in the Italian hospitals, the writers propose to standardize the requests for microbiological exams and the sampling procedures and the acquisition of the materials to be subjected to bacteriological examination.