none 10.18502/cmm.7.3.7802 Negah Scientific Publisher Negah Scientific Publisher 17540 134161551 302949 1650265486 10.32598 2022-12-16T09:54:08Z 2022-01-24T14:24:07Z 0 Current Medical Mycology CMM 2423-3420 2423-3439 01 24 2022 Jessica Louise Benelli Rossana Patrícia Basso Márcia de Lima Rodrigues Vanice Rodrigues Poester Lívia Silveira Munhoz Valerio Rodrigues Aquino David A. Stevens Melissa Orzechowski Xavier Background and Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an overload of health services and healthcare professionals. The result is a setback in health promotion and prevention, delays in diagnosis, and deaths from other diseases that are currently receiving inadequate attention. This article illustrates the risk of this negligence. Case report: This study aimed to report a case of coinfection of disseminated cryptococcosis and BK virus in a patient without a previous diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus infection and COVID-19 negative in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite receiving antifungal therapy, the patient died. Conclusion: This fatal case is a warning regarding delay of diagnosis and neglect ofother serious illnesses owing to the current pandemic, including fungal diseases and neglected diagnoses.  11 23 2021 10.18502/cmm.7.3.7802 https://publish.kne-publishing.com/index.php/CMM/article/view/7802 http://cmm.mazums.ac.ir/article_139669.html https://publish.kne-publishing.com/index.php/CMM/article/view/7802