DISSEMINATED INFECTION WITH SACCHAROMYCES-KLUYVERI IN A PATIENT WITH AIDS

Authors
PYNKA M WNUK A BANDER D SYCZEWSKA M BORON A PROST B WRZECION S
Citation
M. Pynka et al., DISSEMINATED INFECTION WITH SACCHAROMYCES-KLUYVERI IN A PATIENT WITH AIDS, Infection, 26(3), 1998, pp. 184-186
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Infection → ACNP
ISSN journal
03008126
Volume
26
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
184 - 186
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-8126(1998)26:3<184:DIWSIA>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A 47-year-old man with acquired immune deficiency syndrome was found t o have disseminated Saccharomyces kluyveri infection. The yeast was is olated from blood and cerebrospinal fluid. An autopsy revealed the pre sence of the microorganism in many organs including liver, kidneys, pa ncreas, spleen, lung, and brain. The case confirms a potential pathoge nicity of yeasts of the genus Saccharomyces in patients with profound immune deficiency, especially in advanced HIV infection.