A Case Study of Gut Fermentation Syndrome (Auto-Brewery) with Saccharomyces cerevisiae as the Causative Organism,
International Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vol. 4 No. 7, 2013, pp. 309-312.
http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=33912
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.
KEYWORDS:
Auto-Brewey, Yeast, Fermentation, Gut Fermentation Syndrome
journalistic version:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/09/17/223345977/auto-brewery-syndrome-apparently-you-can-make-beer-in-your-gut
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