Saccharomyces boulardii (Ultra-Levure in France, Perenterol in the USA), is widely
prescribed for treatment of diarrhoea. 1 Cases of Saccharomyces fungaemia have been …

A growing population of immunosuppressed patients has resulted in increasingly frequent
diagnoses of invasive fungal infections, including those caused by unusual yeasts. The …

The yeasts Malassezia (former Pityrosporum) can be divided into six lipophilic species and
one non-lipophilic species. 1 The lipophilic Malassezia yeasts form part of the normal …

Sir: Saccharomyces boulardii (SB) is used for the prevention and treatment of Clostridium
difficile-related diarrhoea and in one study it was given successfully for the prevention of …

Background Saccharomyces cerevisiae is well known in the baking and brewing industry
and is also used as a probiotic in humans. However, it is a very uncommon cause of …

Saccharomyces boulardii is widely used as a probiotic compound and is generally thought
to be safe. We report one case of fungemia caused by Saccharomyces cerevisiae occurring …

SIR-A recent letter by Chia et al.[1] described four patients with recurrent ClostridiumdifJicile
diarrhea who were treated with onequarter ofa l-inch cake ofFleischmann's baker's yeast …

Saccharomyces boulardii is frequently used for prevention and treatment of all forms of
diarrhoea. We report the case of a 19-y-old white male with an underlying severe …

Saccharomyces boulardii is widely used as a probiotic compound. Clinical data suggest that
this agent is safe and effective. We report two cases of fungemia caused by S. cerevisiae …

This paper describes a case of Saccharomyces cerevisiae fungaemia in a 66-year-old
woman with gastric adenocarcinoma, who underwent chemotherapy and surgical …