[The clinical picture of mycotic complications in HIV-infected patients].

Mycotic complications were registered in 21 out of 37 HIV-infected subjects. Oropharyngeal candidiasis was most common. It occurred prior to or concurrently with esophageal and skin candidiasis, fungemia, meningoencephalitis and disseminated lesions. With immunodeficiency progression, the prevalence and severity of mycosis go up. The causing fungi vary in great range: Candida albicans, Candida krusei. Candida tropicalis, Candida pseudotropicalis, Candida parapsilosis. Cryptococcus neoformans, Rhodotorula rubra, Penicillium chrysogenum.