Abstract:Introduction. Infections caused by fungi of Fusarium species occur in
immunocompromised individuals as disseminated diseases. Case Report. This
case report presents a 5-year-old boy with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who
developed a disseminated fusarium infection during reinduction
chemotherapy. Fever was the main symptom and it lasted for 15 weeks.
Refractory fever despite broad-spectrum antibiotics, as well as nausea,
myalgia, pulmonary symptoms with detection of pulmonary infiltrates, live… Show more
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