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Severe hypercalcemia as a result of disseminated Candida krusei infection
Amenah Alghamdi1, Torrance Oravec2, Cesilia Nishi3
1Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract:
Candida krusei disseminated infection is a rare complication of protracted neutropenia. Herein, we report a case of a 31-year-old male with relapsed acute myeloid leukemia who developed Candida krusei fungemia with cutaneous, ocular, splenic, renal, bone marrow and osseous involvement leading to severe hypercalcemia, treated with parenteral antifungals followed by oral ibrexafungerp.
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