Saccharomyces cerevisiae septicemia.
We report the first known case of septicemia caused by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It occurred nosocomially in a hyperalimented burned man. It is a rare example of disease caused by S cerevisiae, which, like many saprophytes, can become pathogenic in the debilitated. The case is remarkable for its apparent origin in a bleeding esophageal lesion, for its clinical characteristics, including profound neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, hypothermia, and monocytopenia, and for its cure by amphotericin B.
D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000209:etiology*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology*