Saccharomyces cerevisiae oesophagitis in a patient with oesophageal carcinoma
Saccharomyces species are emerging opportunistic fungal pathogens that can cause bloodstream infections in humans. These infections have often been associated with the ingestion of probiotics. Saccharomyces oesophagitis is a rare condition which has been described so far in only two publications. H...
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The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
2011-06-01
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| author | Dimas Alexandre Kliemann Vicente Sperb Antonello Luis Carlos Severo Alessandro Comarú Pasqualotto |
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Saccharomyces species are emerging opportunistic fungal pathogens that can cause bloodstream infections in humans. These infections have often been associated with the ingestion of probiotics. Saccharomyces oesophagitis is a rare condition which has been described so far in only two publications. Here we report the case of a patient who was diagnosed with Saccharomyces oesophagitis. The clinical picture was indistinguishable from that of Candida oesophagitis. The Saccharomyces isolate was shown to be susceptible to fluconazole by both CLSI M27-A and disk diffusion methods. In contrast to cases of fungaemia, Saccharomyces oesophagitis does not seem to follow probiotic use. Due to the potential for antifungal resistance among emerging fungal pathogens, proper mycological identification at the species level is essential.
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| spelling | doaj-art-b62ca80b8ea7464b92d630f7abe2df752025-08-20T02:57:25ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802011-06-0150610.3855/jidc.1630Saccharomyces cerevisiae oesophagitis in a patient with oesophageal carcinomaDimas Alexandre Kliemann0Vicente Sperb Antonello1Luis Carlos Severo2Alessandro Comarú Pasqualotto3Pulmonary Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, BrazilInfection Control Department, Hospital Fêmina, Porto Alegre, BrazilPulmonary Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, BrazilPulmonary Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil Saccharomyces species are emerging opportunistic fungal pathogens that can cause bloodstream infections in humans. These infections have often been associated with the ingestion of probiotics. Saccharomyces oesophagitis is a rare condition which has been described so far in only two publications. Here we report the case of a patient who was diagnosed with Saccharomyces oesophagitis. The clinical picture was indistinguishable from that of Candida oesophagitis. The Saccharomyces isolate was shown to be susceptible to fluconazole by both CLSI M27-A and disk diffusion methods. In contrast to cases of fungaemia, Saccharomyces oesophagitis does not seem to follow probiotic use. Due to the potential for antifungal resistance among emerging fungal pathogens, proper mycological identification at the species level is essential. https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/1630opportunistic infectionsoesophagitissaccharomycesyeastsprobioticscancer |
| spellingShingle | Dimas Alexandre Kliemann Vicente Sperb Antonello Luis Carlos Severo Alessandro Comarú Pasqualotto Saccharomyces cerevisiae oesophagitis in a patient with oesophageal carcinoma Journal of Infection in Developing Countries opportunistic infections oesophagitis saccharomyces yeasts probiotics cancer |
| title | Saccharomyces cerevisiae oesophagitis in a patient with oesophageal carcinoma |
| title_full | Saccharomyces cerevisiae oesophagitis in a patient with oesophageal carcinoma |
| title_fullStr | Saccharomyces cerevisiae oesophagitis in a patient with oesophageal carcinoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Saccharomyces cerevisiae oesophagitis in a patient with oesophageal carcinoma |
| title_short | Saccharomyces cerevisiae oesophagitis in a patient with oesophageal carcinoma |
| title_sort | saccharomyces cerevisiae oesophagitis in a patient with oesophageal carcinoma |
| topic | opportunistic infections oesophagitis saccharomyces yeasts probiotics cancer |
| url | https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/1630 |
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