Fungal diarrhoea: Association of different fungi and seasonal variation in their incidence

✍ Scribed by P. Talwar; A. Chakrabarti; A. Chawla; S. Mehta; B. N. S. Walia; L. Kumar; K. S. Chugh

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 366 KB
• Volume: 110
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0301-486X
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00446998

✦ Synopsis

A total of 854 patients (640 children and 214 adults) admitted with acute or chronic diarrhoea suspected of non-invasive overgrowth of fungi in intestine were screened during a period of 3 years. Fungal proliferation was noted in 54.8% of these patients (53.6% in children, 58.4% in adults). The predominant fungal species isolated were Candida albicans (64.5%), followed by C. tropicalis (23.3%) C. krusei (6.9%). Torulopsis glabrata (1.6%). Trichosporon sp. and Geotrichum sp. were found to be responsible in 2.3% of adults. As seen in bacterial diarrhoea, higher incidence was noted in children from April to August. No such seasonal variation was noted in adults.