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Shan Kai Ing1, Pon Ying Lau1, Nga Hung Ngu1
1Respiratory Unit, Department of Medicine Sibu Hospital Sibu Sarawak Malaysia.
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A profoundly immunocompromised man developed a large cavitary lung lesion producing black, viscous aspirate, with culture confirming Candida krusei. This rare manifestation underscores that atypically dark aspirates from lung cavities should raise suspicion for invasive fungal infection and prompt early antifungal therapy in patients with severe cellular immunodeficiency.

