Saccharomyces cerevisiae pneumonia in a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
The clinical course of a patient with a polymicrobial pneumonia that included Saccharomyces cerevisiae infection is described. S. cerevisiae was recovered from autopsy cultures of the lungs, spleen, oral mucosa, and small intestine, and organisms morphologically consistent with S. cerevisiae were visualized in histologic sections of the lung. The role of this organism as a human pathogen is reviewed.
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Department of Pathology and Oncology, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City 66103.
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Dixon
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Potter
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000302:isolation & purification*