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While firmly established in developed countries, medical mycology remains obscure in many low\u2010 and middle\u2010income countries (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">LMIC<\/jats:styled-content>s). With a teeming vulnerable populace and an incidence rate of 11.8%, Nigeria has one of the highest estimated burdens of invasive fungal infections (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IFI<\/jats:styled-content>s) in the world. Regardless, the scourge of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IFI<\/jats:styled-content>s has remained silent due to a combination of factors principal amongst which are a lack of awareness and dearth in personnel skilled in diagnosis. 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