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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2002, p. 2691-2692, Vol. 40, No. 7
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.7.2691-2692.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Fatal Saccharomyces cerevisiae Aortic Graft Infection

Davey Smith,1* David Metzgar,2 Christopher Wills,2 and Joshua Fierer1

Departments of Medicine,1 Biology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California2

Received 17 December 2001/ Returned for modification 2 February 2002/ Accepted 9 April 2002

ABSTRACT

Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a yeast commonly used in baking and a frequent colonizer of human mucosal surfaces. It is considered relatively nonpathogenic in immunocompetent adults (J. N. Aucott, J. Fayan, H. Grossnicklas, A. Morrissey, M. M. Lederman, and R. A. Salata, Rev. Infect. Dis. 12:406-411, 1990). We present a case of S. cerevisiae fungemia and aortic graft infection in an immunocompetent adult. This is the first reported case of S. cerevisiae fungemia where the identity of the pathogen was confirmed by rRNA sequencing.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., Mail code 0679, La Jolla, CA 92093. Phone: (858) 552-8585, ext. 2624. Fax: (858) 552-7445. E-mail: d13smith{at}ucsd.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2002, p. 2691-2692, Vol. 40, No. 7
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.7.2691-2692.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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