[Incidence and significance of yeasts in carcinoma in situ and invasive carcinoma of the uterine cervix].

It is reported on mycological studies in 290 patients with preinvasive and invasive neoplasms of the cervix uteri. The yeast infestment of the vagina was 18,3%, by which we succeeded in demonstrating the yeast in the carcinoma in situ in 20% and in the cervix carcinoma of the stages Ia to IV in 17,7% of the cases. This infection rate corresponds with those of randomly selected patients. All increase in pathogen species of yeasts could be demonstrated through observations of the course of the disease in 20 patients under intensive therapy. The clinical significance is discussed.