[Correlations between culture methods, double diffusion and immunofluorescence in the laboratory diagnosis of mycoses (candidiasis and aspergillosis)]

Of a total of 1950 patients with various pneumologic affections 115 cases were selected, on the basis of positive mycologic results on examination of the bronchial aspirate. In these patients immunodiffusion and immunofluorescence serological tests were carried out. Confrontation with the clinical and histopathologic diagnosis showed that the simultaneous use of mycological studies (of the bronchial aspirate) and of complex serologic investigations (immunodiffusion, immunofluorescence) allow to make a correcs and aspergilloses.