title: [Urinary infection by Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Emerging yeast?].
abstract: Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a commensal yeast of the digestive, respiratory and genito-urinary tract. It is widely used as a probiotic for the treatment of post-antibiotic diarrhea. It most often occurs in immunocompromised patients frequently causing fungemia. We report the case of an adult diabetic patient who had a urinary tract infection due to S. cerevisiae. The disease started with urination associated with urinary frequency burns without fever. The diagnosis was established by the presence of yeasts on direct examination and positivity of culture on Sabouraud-chloramphenicol three times. The auxanogramme gallery (Auxacolor BioRad(®)) allowed the identification of S. cerevisiae. The patient was put on fluconazole with good outcome. This observation points out that this is an opportunistic yeast in immunocompromised patients.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire central parasitologie-mycologie, hôpital Ibn Sina, rue Lemfadel-Cherkaoui, BP 6527, Rabat-Souissi, Rabat, Maroc; Faculté de médecine et de pharmacie, université Mohamed V, Rabat, Maroc. Electronic address: bouchra1949@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Elkhihal
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire central parasitologie-mycologie, hôpital Ibn Sina, rue Lemfadel-Cherkaoui, BP 6527, Rabat-Souissi, Rabat, Maroc; Faculté de médecine et de pharmacie, université Mohamed V, Rabat, Maroc.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elhalimi
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire central parasitologie-mycologie, hôpital Ibn Sina, rue Lemfadel-Cherkaoui, BP 6527, Rabat-Souissi, Rabat, Maroc.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ghfir
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire central parasitologie-mycologie, hôpital Ibn Sina, rue Lemfadel-Cherkaoui, BP 6527, Rabat-Souissi, Rabat, Maroc.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mostachi
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire central parasitologie-mycologie, hôpital Ibn Sina, rue Lemfadel-Cherkaoui, BP 6527, Rabat-Souissi, Rabat, Maroc; Faculté de médecine et de pharmacie, université Mohamed V, Rabat, Maroc.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lyagoubi
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire central parasitologie-mycologie, hôpital Ibn Sina, rue Lemfadel-Cherkaoui, BP 6527, Rabat-Souissi, Rabat, Maroc; Faculté de médecine et de pharmacie, université Mohamed V, Rabat, Maroc.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aoufi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*
keywords: Diabetes; Diabète; Infection urinaire; Maroc; Morocco; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Urinary tract infection