A case study of gut fermentation syndrome (auto-brewery) with Saccharomyces cerevisiae as the causative organism

B Cordell, J McCarthy - International Journal of Clinical …, 2013 - archive.sdpublishers.com
B Cordell, J McCarthy
International Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2013archive.sdpublishers.com
Gut Fermentation Syndrome also known as Auto-Brewery Syndrome is a relatively unknown
phenomenon in modern medicine. Very few articles have been written on the syndrome and
most of them are anecdotal. This article presents a case study of a 61 years old male with a
well documented case of Gut Fermentation Syndrome verified with glucose and
carbohydrate challenges. Stool cultures demonstrated the causative organism as
Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The patient was treated with antifungals and a low carbohydrate …
Gut Fermentation Syndrome also known as Auto-Brewery Syndrome is a relatively unknown phenomenon in modern medicine. Very few articles have been written on the syndrome and most of them are anecdotal. This article presents a case study of a 61 years old male with a well documented case of Gut Fermentation Syndrome verified with glucose and carbohydrate challenges. Stool cultures demonstrated the causative organism as Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The patient was treated with antifungals and a low carbohydrate diet and the syndrome resolved. Helicobacter pylori was also found and could have been a possible confounding variable although the symptoms resolved post-treatment of the S. cerevisiae.
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