[Blastomyces infestation of vagina, oral cavity, and rectum of young women, with particular reference to promiscuity (author's transl)].

Venereological patients (Group I, n = 210), intact women without any gynaecological disease (Group II, n = 125), pregnant women close to full term (Group III, n = 200), and women with vaginal fluor (Group IV, n = 380) were examined and compared for the occurrence of blastomyces, particularly Candida albicans (C. albicans), in the vagina, oral cavity, and rectum. The presence of C. albicans in vaginal secretion was established from 15.7 per cent of all probands in Group I, 12.0 per cent in Group II, 24.0 per cent in Group III, and 31.6 per cent in Group IV. The difference between Groups I and II was not significant. Promiscuity, consequently, did not seem to have major impact upon vaginal blastomyces infestation of young women. Probands with rectal infestation of C. albicans accounted for figures between 20.0 and 27.5 per cent in all four groups. Group I took first position in oral infestation of C. albicans, the figure being 64.8 per cent which was significantly above those recorded from all other groups, between 33.9 and 37.5 per cent. The correlations between rectal and vaginal occurrence of C. albicans are discussed.