Yeast Torulopsis glabrata

The most common fungus causing opportunistic infections is the yeast Candida [1,17,18]. The yeast s commensualistic relationship with humans enable it to multiply and replace much of the normal flora when environmental conditions are favorable. Yeast infections by Candida species have been increasing dramatically in the last decade and there are now as many as seventeen different species known to cause infections in humans [17,18]. The most frequently isolated species are C. albicans, C. tropicalis, C. glabrata (formerly known as Torulopsis glabrata), C. parapsilosis, C. guilliermondii, and C. krusei [17-20]. 

Amphotericin B - Amphotericin B has been used intravenously for meningitis, pyelonephritis, and pulmonary infections caused by Cryptococcus neoformans, an encapsulated yeast. Successful therapy of pulmonary histoplasmosis required 30 mg/kg of amphotericin B while 20 patients with presumed Histoplasma chorioretinitis (eye infection) failed to respond. 5 86 other reports concern amphotericin B in the treatment of primary renal candidiasis, rhinocerebral phyco-mycosis, blastomycosis, chromoblastomycosis, geotrichosis, and disseminated infections caused by Torulopsis glabrata and Beauverla bassiana, a fungus normally pathogenic to in-sects. V-93 Topical application of amphotericin B was an qj. effective treatment of Candida granuloma and maduromycosis. ... 

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