title: Disseminated infection with Saccharomyces kluyveri in a patient with AIDS.
abstract: A 47-year-old man with acquired immune deficiency syndrome was found to have disseminated Saccharomyces kluyveri infection. The yeast was isolated from blood and cerebro-spinal fluid. An autopsy revealed the presence of the microorganism in many organs including liver, kidneys, pancreas, spleen, lung, and brain. The case confirms a potential pathogenicity of yeasts of the genus Saccharomyces in patients with profound immune deficiency, especially in advanced HIV infection.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Infectious Diseases, Pomeranian Medical Academy, Szczecin, Poland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pynka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wnuk
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bander
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Syczewska
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boroń
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Prost
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wrzecion
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012440:Saccharomyces / Q000302:isolation & purification*