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Saccharomyces: A Friend or Foe in ICU (A Case Report with Solution)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae or boulardii, also known as baker's yeast or brewer's yeast, is normally a nonpathogenic microbe. It is commonly used as a probiotic to prevent antibiotic-associated diarrhea. We present a case of a 77-year-old woman with uncontrolled diabetes who developed Sacchar...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6775723/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31645830 http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23239 |
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author | Gupta, Prasoon Singh, YP Taneja, Akhil |
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description | Saccharomyces cerevisiae or boulardii, also known as baker's yeast or brewer's yeast, is normally a nonpathogenic microbe. It is commonly used as a probiotic to prevent antibiotic-associated diarrhea. We present a case of a 77-year-old woman with uncontrolled diabetes who developed Saccharomyces fungemia with use of Saccharomyces containing probiotic after 5 days of treatment. The probiotic was immediately discontinued. The indwelling central line was removed, she was started on amphotericin B and the fungemia resolved. This case report highlights this peculiar complication of probiotic use. We also find it important to increase the awareness amongst the healthcare providers about this likely risk while prescribing probiotics, especially for critically ill patients. How to cite this article: Gupta P, Singh YP, Taneja A. Saccharomyces: A Friend or Foe in ICU (A Case Report with Solution). Indian J Crit Care Med 2019;23(9):430–431. |
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spelling | pubmed-67757232019-10-23 Saccharomyces: A Friend or Foe in ICU (A Case Report with Solution) Gupta, Prasoon Singh, YP Taneja, Akhil Indian J Crit Care Med Case Report Saccharomyces cerevisiae or boulardii, also known as baker's yeast or brewer's yeast, is normally a nonpathogenic microbe. It is commonly used as a probiotic to prevent antibiotic-associated diarrhea. We present a case of a 77-year-old woman with uncontrolled diabetes who developed Saccharomyces fungemia with use of Saccharomyces containing probiotic after 5 days of treatment. The probiotic was immediately discontinued. The indwelling central line was removed, she was started on amphotericin B and the fungemia resolved. This case report highlights this peculiar complication of probiotic use. We also find it important to increase the awareness amongst the healthcare providers about this likely risk while prescribing probiotics, especially for critically ill patients. How to cite this article: Gupta P, Singh YP, Taneja A. Saccharomyces: A Friend or Foe in ICU (A Case Report with Solution). Indian J Crit Care Med 2019;23(9):430–431. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2019-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6775723/ /pubmed/31645830 http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23239 Text en Copyright © 2019; Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd. © The Author(s). 2019 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and non-commercial reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Gupta, Prasoon Singh, YP Taneja, Akhil Saccharomyces: A Friend or Foe in ICU (A Case Report with Solution) |
title | Saccharomyces: A Friend or Foe in ICU (A Case Report with Solution) |
title_full | Saccharomyces: A Friend or Foe in ICU (A Case Report with Solution) |
title_fullStr | Saccharomyces: A Friend or Foe in ICU (A Case Report with Solution) |
title_full_unstemmed | Saccharomyces: A Friend or Foe in ICU (A Case Report with Solution) |
title_short | Saccharomyces: A Friend or Foe in ICU (A Case Report with Solution) |
title_sort | saccharomyces: a friend or foe in icu (a case report with solution) |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6775723/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31645830 http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23239 |
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