Rare case pulmonary aspergillosis in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: A case report

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Khateb, Aiah M. [1 ,2 ]
Barefah, Ahmed S. [3 ,4 ]
Bahashwan, Salem M. [3 ,4 ]
Radhwi, Osman O. [3 ,4 ]
Ageely, Ghofran A. [5 ]
Safdar, Osama [6 ]
Azhar, Esam, I [2 ,7 ]
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[1] Taibah Univ, Dept Clin Lab Sci, Madina, Saudi Arabia
[2] King Abdulaziz Univ, King Fahd Med Res Ctr, Special Infect Agents Unit, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
[3] King Abdulaziz Univ, Fac Med, Dept Hematol, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
[4] King Abdulaziz Univ, King Fahd Med Res Ctr, Hematol Res Unit, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
[5] King Abdulaziz Univ, Rabigh Med Coll, Dept Internal Med, Div Radiol, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
[6] King Abdulaziz Univ, Pediat Nephrol Ctr Excellence, Alsulimanya, Jeddah 21414, Saudi Arabia
[7] King Abdulaziz Univ, Fac Appl Med Sci, Dept Med Lab Technol, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Aspergillosis; Saudi Arabia; hematology; acute myeloid leukemia; fungal infection; INVASIVE FUNGAL-INFECTIONS; MALIGNANCIES;
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10.1177/2050313X241302961
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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Invasive fungal infections are considered a threat to hematological malignancy patients (HM). We report here a rare case of pulmonary aspergillosis in a patient diagnosed with leukemia at King Abdulaziz University Hospital. The patient received three cycles of chemotherapy and presented with febrile neutropenia and his fungal culture was repeatedly negative while signs of aspergillosis in a computed topography (CT) scan were evident. The patient was successfully recovered after 6 weeks of voriconazole treatment.
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