[Chronic candidosis]

The paper deals with the problem of mucocutaneous candidosis, because the incidence of the disease is increasing steadily in recent years. The author draws attention to various already known causes of the development of candidosis and submits also some hypothese reported in the literature. The classification of candidosis should facilitate diagnostic work of the attending physician. In therapy in particularly refractory candidoses are emphasized and the author present on the example of one patient an account of recent therapeutic possibilities.