First case report of bloodstream infection by Rhizomucor pusillus in a child with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
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We describe an unusual presentation of fatal infection due to Rhizomucor pusillus bloodstream infection in a 12-year old pediatric patient recently diagnosed with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. R. pusillus was isolated from one blood culture drawn on Day 11 of hospitalization.
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