Auto-Brewery as an Emerging Syndrome: Three Representative Case Studies

Auto-Brewery or Gut Fermentation Syndrome, also known as intestinal candidiasis, is a very rare phenomenon heretofore unstudied and underreported. Since the most recent case study of a man in Texas with the syndrome was published [1], the authors have been contacted by some forty plus patients, family members or physicians who believe the patients have Auto-Brewery Syndrome (ABS). This article details three representative case studies where the physician diagnosed ABS and laboratory findings confirmed pathologic levels of yeast in the intestinal tract. These three patients did not readily respond to conventional medications but responded in varying degrees to holistic treatments. The health histories provided by the patients, as well as follow up on the Texas patient, lead to the conclusion that Auto-Brewery Syndrome may be more of a chronic condition requiring lifestyle changes than an acute infection responding only to medication.