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SUBMITTER: Yi P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6408043 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yi Ping P Yang Xiang X Yang MeiFang M Zhang Yan Y Li Lanjuan L
Medicine 20190201 8
<h4>Rationale</h4>Opportunistic infections frequently develop in immunocompromised patients, such as those with hematological malignancies, causing significant mortality. Early diagnosis of invasive fungal infections is often important and difficult due to the difficult nature of confirming infection using cytologic and histologic findings. However, we report the first case of candidal infection leading to muscle abscesses in the legs of a patient with leukemia.<h4>Patient concerns</h4>A 60-year ...[more]