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HARRY A. SINGER, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1927;40(6):873-890.

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Since the thrush organism is found in the mouths of a large proportion of normal persons (Merke,¹ 35 per cent, Brünstein,² 40 per cent), and gastric conditions are particularly favorable for the growth of the various molds (Askanazy³), it is not surprising to learn that the normal stomach quite frequently harbors fungi. Although Kirch and Stahnke⁴ were unable to demonstrate the presence of molds in the aspirated contents of the stomach in any of thirty cases, the positive observations obtained by others (Moppert and Kagen,⁵ Cafasso⁶ and Hartwich⁷) are sufficiently conclusive to indicate that the occurrence of fungi in the intact stomach, if not universal, is at least widespread. The observation of molds in twenty of thirty-two normal stomachs viewed by Crasset⁸ at postmortem examinations in cases in which contamination from the pharynx and esophagus was eliminated lends further support to this view. On the basis of available evidence, it . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Departments of Medicine and Pathology of the University of Illinois College of Medicine.

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