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A rare case of purpuric rash caused by Saprochaete clavata in a pediatric patient with acute leukemia.

Lynette Wei Yi WeeHua Yen LingChia Yin ChongMya Nwe SoeMark Koh Jean Aan
Published in: Pediatric dermatology (2019)
We present a 13-year-old boy who developed invasive infection with Saprochaete clavata after induction chemotherapy for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, complicated by fungemia, septic shock and acute renal, and liver failure. He developed purpuric papulonodules over bilateral upper and lower limbs, which also grew S clavata on fungal culture.
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