While most individuals are exposed to the fungi on a regular basis, those with immune disorders are more prone to an infection. In humans<unk>  is most prevalent in immunocompromised patients (HIV/AIDS, the elderly, SCID, etc) and patients in acidosis (diabetes, burns), particularly after barrier injury to the skin or mucus membranes, malignancies such as lymphomas and leukemias, renal failure, organ transplant, long term corticosteroid and immunosuppressive therapy, cirrhosis, burns and energy malnutrition. Some 50-75% of patients diagnosed with<unk>  are estimated to have underlying poorly controlled diabetes mellitus and ketoacidosis.
Mucormycosis risk factors
Histoplasmosis risk factors
Sporotrichosis risk factors
Blastomycosis risk factors
Coccidioidomycosis risk factors
Paracoccidioidomycosis risk factors
Zygomycosis risk factors
Dermatophytosis risk factors