Case Report: Facial mixed fungal infection in a poorly responding non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma patient with suspected immunodeficiency

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Immunocompromised patients, those with hematological malignancies, solid organ or bone marrow transplantation, are highly vulnerable to invasive fungal infection, even with administration of systemic antifungal prophylaxisn Objectives Course Objective A male child presented with left lacrimal gland and right submandibular masses that were diagnosed as high grade B-cell non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Immunodeficiency was suspected, mostly due to secondary to Epstein Barr virus infection. Chemotherapy was started and gradual regression was observed in the size of the lesions forming a central necrosis and facial wound. Cultures from this wound showed mixed gram negative growth of n