Central Line-Related Bloodstream Infection by Saccharomyces cerevisiae Following Probiotic Use in a Patient with Clostridioides difficile Colitis: A Case Report
Yu-Mi Lee · 2025
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Description
Yu-Mi Lee reports a bloodstream infection caused by a probiotic yeast in a hospital patient, in a 2025 case report. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the same species used in baking and in probiotic capsules, rarely causes disease. The patient had severe colon inflammation from Clostridioides difficile and a central line feeding into a large vein.
After probiotic treatment, the yeast turned up in the blood, seeded through the line. Such infections strike mainly patients whose immune defenses are weak. Removing the infected line, the report stresses, may be key to recovery. The case is a caution that live probiotic organisms, harmless for most, can endanger fragile patients with lines in place.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yu-Mi Lee |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |