Chronic Candida tonsillitides (caused always by Candida albicans) appeared in our group in 3% of examined children. The clinical picture was polymorphous: sometimes slight furs were observed on the tonsils, sometimes C. albicans was found in the crypts, often without plugs and conspicuous symptoms. Tonsillectomy was considered the most suitable therapeutic solution. Diagnosis could not be made without mycological examination including quantitative and qualitative assessment of the germs. Control was carried out by lingual smears. Yeasts were found in 54.7% of children, C. albicans in 42.7%.
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