Systemic candidiasis with candida vasculitis due to Candida kruzei in a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia

Candida kruzei-related systemic infections are increasing in frequency, par ticularly in patients receiving prophylaxis with antifungal triazoles. A Ca ucasian male,vith newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukaemia (AML M1) develope d severe and persistent fever associated with a micropustular eruption scat tered over the trunk and limbs during induction chemotherapy, Blood culture s grew Candida kruzei, and biopsies of the skin lesions revealed a candida vasculitis. He responded to high doses of liposomal amphotericin B and was discharged well from hospital.