[Generalized cryptococcosis in secondary immunodeficiency induced by long-term steroid therapy (on the 100th anniversary of the day of first discovery in 1894)].

One case of a generalized cryptococcosis in secondary immunodeficiency resultant from a long-term steroid therapy is described. Granulomatous pulmonary lesion with subsequent abscess formation and generalized infection with involvement of the kidneys, pancreas and brain eventuated in the patient's death. Early intravital diagnosis of the lung mycotic damage and discontinuation of the hormonal therapy could essentially influence the disease outcome.

[Histoautoradiographic characteristics of candidiasis pneumonia in combination drug therapy].

The lungs and organs of guinea pigs infected with fungus Candida against the background of cyclophosphamide immunodeficiency and therapy with antibiotics were studied morphologically. Secondary immunodeficiency and dysbacteriosis are shown to influence considerably the ability of fungal cells to utilize DNA and RNA precursors (tritium-labelled thymidine and uridine). Historadioautography allowed one to evaluate functional state of the infectious agent and host cell responses.

[Morphologic manifestations of candidiasis in newborns with immunodeficiency].

Morphological examinations of 58 autopsy cases of visceral candidiasis in newborns were performed. Direct correlation between the severity of thymus lesions and the degree of changes in organs produced by candidiasis was observed. The most severe candidiasis was found in cases of congenital immunodeficiency.