[Mycoserologic tests in surgical intensive care patients and patients with Candida oesophagitis]

We retrospectively analysed the results of Candida serological testing of 126 surgical intensive care patients. There were high numbers of patients which were mycoserologically positive (haemagglutination test HAT 86.4%, immunoglobulin subclasses 85.3%). Positive microbiological cultures of Candida spp. were found in 43.7% of the patients. Patients with positive cultural findings had an increased HAT titre in 83.9% and increased immunoglobulins in 74.2%. These patients were suspected to have a Candida infection. The correlation to higher titres was much closer in patients with an invasive Candida infection like candidaemia and oesophagitis.