Aspergillosis risk factors


 * Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: ; Ujjwal Rastogi, MBBS [mailto:urastogi@perfuse.org]

Overview
Persons with a compromised immune system are at highest risk for developing a fungal infection like aspergillosis. In rare cases, a person with a normal immune system can also become infected.

Risk Factors
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) can affect people who are otherwise healthy, but it is most common in people with asthma or cystic fibrosis.

Invasive aspergillosis generally affects people who have weakened immune systems, such as people who have had a bone marrow transplant or solid organ transplant, people who are taking high doses of corticosteroids, and people who are getting chemotherapy for cancer. Rarely, people with advanced HIV infection can also get invasive aspergillosis.