[Candida pneumonia in patients without definitive immunodeficiency].

The occurrence of community-acquired pneumonia due to yeast-like fungi of the genus Candida in patients without manifest immunodeficiency has previously been discounted. However, such pneumonias may indeed occur in patients with chronic parenchymal lung damage, e.g. from nicotine. Candida pneumonia can be triggered in these patients for example by trivial viral infections. Three corresponding cases are discussed.