[Clinical problems in Medical Mycology: Problem number 58]

Fernando Messina1, Emmanuel Marín1, Roxana Depardo1

  • 1Unidad de Micología, Hospital de Infecciosas Francisco Javier Muñiz, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Summary

A 53-year-old man with HIV experienced fungemia from a non-Candida yeast, leading to death. This case highlights the high mortality of invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised patients with poor treatment adherence.