Abstract
Incidence of opportunistic infection in patients of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) on Imatinib therapy is low. We report a case of a 47 year old lady, a known case of CML for one year on imatinib therapy who presented with CML in blast crisis with Staphylococcus furunculosis. Two weeks later she developed fever, cough and expectoration. She had cavitatory lesion in the right middle zone on chest x-ray. CECT Chest was suggestive of aspergilloma in right middle lobe. Infections in chronic myeloid leukemia are not very common. Also, developing such infections within such a short span of time, within one year of initiation of imatinib therapy is also rare. Hence, this case of CML with Staphylococcal furunculosis and Aspergillosis is being reported.
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