Saccharomyces cerevisiae boulardii transient fungemia after intravenous self-inoculation

Lola Cohen; Stéphane Ranque; Didier Raoult

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.02.003

Saccharomyces cerevisiae boulardii transient fungemia after intravenous self-inoculation

Med Mycol Case Rep. 2013 Feb 14:2:63-4. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.02.003.

Authors

Lola Cohen¹, Stéphane Ranque², Didier Raoult³

Affiliations

¹ Hôpital de la Conception, Service de psychiatrie Secteur 2, 147 Boulevard Baille, 13385 Marseille cedex 05, France.
² Laboratoire de Parasitologie & Mycologie, AP-HM CHU Timone, 264 rue Saint Pierre, 13385 Marseille cedex 05, France.
³ Aix Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm 1095, 13005 Marseille, France.

Abstract

We report the case of a young psychotic intravenous drug user injecting herself with Saccharomyces cervisiae (boulardii). She experienced a 24 h fever, resolving spontaneously confirming, quasi experimentally, the inocuity of this yeast in a non-immunocompromised host.

Keywords: Fungemia; Saccharomyces cerevisiae boulardii; Self-inoculation.