Saccharomyces cerevisiae fungemia: case report and review of the literature.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae was isolated on two separate occasions from the blood of a patient with chronic renal failure receiving dialysis. Treatment was complicated by recurrent ventricular tachycardia occurring after both 1 mg and 0.1 mg test doses of amphotericin. We report the unique clinical and microbiological aspects of this patient's management, and review the literature pertinent to this organism.
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Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000302:isolation & purification