dear all, while in sunny albuquerque, new mexico, a couple of weeks ago, i read a brief article in the paper courtesy of the n.y. times news service about baker's yeast causing thrush. yes, indeed, bakers, the "commercial strains of baker's yeast, saccharomyces cerevisiae, can also cause (thrush)." microbiologists in italy and the u.s. studied samples from women with thrush whose symptoms were not caused by c. albicans. the 16 samples contained s. cerevisiae, and three contained a yeast used for baking in italy. they suggest stricter hygiene, i.e. handwashing, if using baking yeast. the article will be published in the july issue of the journal of clinical microbiology. so now maybe we should ask women if someone in their household is finding time to make bread when yeast is a problem! in addition to some of the remedies i have seen mentioned, i have heard of using paper (disposable) towels and replacing toothbrushes when combating the evil critters. carol brussel private citizen