saccharomyces boulardii and Increased Mortality

• Saccharomyces cerevisiae fungemia: Risk factors, outcome and links with S. boulardii-containing probiotic administration.

  • 2021-05
  • Infectious Diseases Now 51(3)
  • • A. Poncelet
    • L. Ruelle
    • D. Konopnicki
    • V. Y. Miendje Deyi
    • N. Dauby

  • PubMed: 33934809
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.idnow.2020.12.003

  4 Insights on

  • Increased Mortality

  • Low evidence

  S. cerevisiae fungemia is a rare but life-threatening infection, associated with intake of probiotics containing S. boulardii. ... Mortality rate was 50%.

  Effect

  Harmful

  Effect size

  Large