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Thus, precise and timely diagnosis of infections is essential for the clinical care of infected patients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title><jats:p>We report a 29-year-old Chinese man with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who developed febrile neutropenia after the first course of induction chemotherapy. He received empirical antibiotics, which did not relieve his symptoms. No pathogen was detected by traditional microbiologic assays, while <jats:italic>Mucor indicus<\/jats:italic> was identified by metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) in the blood specimen. Liposomal amphotericin B (LAmB) was used, resulting in the patient\u2019s temperature returning to normal. A few days later, abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan showed multiple liver abscesses; fluorescence staining, histopathology, and mNGS identified the causative agent\u2014<jats:italic>M. indicus.<\/jats:italic> Posaconazole was combined with LAmB as long-term antifungal treatment. Finally, the patient received allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation successfully after controlled infection. During follow-up 1 year after transplantation, the number of liver abscesses was reduced to one and remained stable.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This report described the first case of an AML patient diagnosed with culture-negative disseminated infections caused by <jats:italic>M. indicus<\/jats:italic> leading to rare hepatic manifestations using mNGS of peripheral blood and liver biopsy. 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