Prevalence of multifocal fungal infections in patients undergoing permanent immunosuppresion alter renal transplantation. The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of fungi in monofocal and multifocal infections in renal transplant recipients. 32 renal transplant recipients were examined for presence of fungi in genital organs, oral cavity and rectum. Fungal strains were recovered in 66 out of 96 samples (68.2% of all renal transplant recipients) in oral cavity (65.6%), rectum (37.5%) and genital organs (25.0%). Monofocal mycosis was found only in 21.9% of the patients. Multifocal infections occurred in 68.2% and contained ontocenoses of oral cavity and rectum (34.4%) the most frequently. Trifocal infection (genital organs - oral cavity - rectum) occurred in 12.5% of all examined renal transplant recipients. The following fungi were found: Candida albicans (31 strains), C. glabrata (5), C. guilliermondii (2), C. krusei (20, Saccharomyces cerevisiae (1).
Sixty four patients who had passed the acute phase of trichinellosis 3, 4, 5 and 8 months and 1, 2 and 4 years earlier, have been examined with respect to their clinical condition, persistence of possible subjective complaints which could be associated with the acute phase passed, leucocytosis, absolute number of acidophilic granulocytes in blood, indices of immunological response, both humoral (IgG, IgA and IgM) and cellular (percentage of T and B lymphocytes in blood), serotonine level in blood, monoaminooxidase activity in blood serum and passive hemaglutination reaction with trichinellosis antigen. It has been found that the frequency of occurrence and intensity of subjective complaints decreases with time. Changes in humoral and cellular reactivity, and long-lasting persistence of antibodies against the trichinellosis antigen, determined with passive hemaglutination method, have been also observed in particular patients.