[Fungal infection after antibiotic therapy (author's transl)].

The increasing use of antibacterial chemotherapy in the last four decades encourages the commensal colonization of man by candida yeasts. The sites of particular commensal colonization are the oropharyngeal cavity and the intestinal tract. They are the principal reservoirs from which candida infections can settle into other regions and organs. The metastasis of candida yeasts from the commensal reservoir into regions which are free of microorganisms in healthy persons, usually needs a stimulant noxa: an eliciting bacterial infection, a consumptive primary disease, immunosuppressive therapy among other factors. In the event of candida infection being superimposed on a bacterial infection, successful antibacterial chemotherapy may lead to a remission of the mycosis by removal of the primary noxa.