A Brief Overview of Invasive Fungal Infections in Immunocompromised Individuals

Abstract

Fungí is eukaryotic microorganisms that may spread and cause illness on the skin, subcutaneously, and systemically. These infections can be invasive and difficult to identify at times. A patient with a damaged immune system is more likely to get a fungal infection. Long-term chemotherapy, organ transplantation, corticosteroid usage, or multidrug treatment all result in immunocompromised people. Why do immunocompromised individuals need to be treated? Because the immune system serves as an army for the human body, if it fails to protect it, foreign particles such as bacteria, fungus, and viruses assault the body, causing the patient to become immunocompromised. Candidiasis, aspergillosis, mucormycosis, and cryptococcal meningitis are the most frequent invasive fungal diseases encountered in immunocompromised people. Patients afflicted with invasive fungal infections have a significant death rate. As the number of immunocompromised patients rises, so does the number of fungal infections. In this article, we took a quick look at a few invasive fungal infections such as candidiasis, aspergillosis, and mucormycosis.