Saccharomyces boulardii fungaemia in an intensive care unit patient treated with caspofungin.
We describe a case of Saccharomyces boulardii fugaemia in a critically ill patient with septic shock treated with a probiotic agent containing this yeast. We attributed this fugaemia to gut translocation. Our use of caspofugin yielded excellent results.
Lolis
Nikolaos
N
Veldekis
Dimitrios
D
Moraitou
Hellen
H
Kanavaki
Sofia
S
Velegraki
Aristea
A
Triandafyllidis
Charis
C
Tasioudis
Chronis
C
Pefanis
Angellos
A
Pneumatikos
Ioannis
I
D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077336:Caspofungin; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000628:therapy; D054714:Echinocandins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016469:Fungemia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D055666:Lipopeptides; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012440:Saccharomyces / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D015002:Yeast, Dried / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D054714:Echinocandins; D055666:Lipopeptides; D000077336:Caspofungin