Weight loss and diabetes are new risk factors for the development of invasive aspergillosis infection in non-immunocompromized humans.
Weight loss and diabetes are new risk factors for the development of invasive aspergillosis infection in non-immunocompromized humans.
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10.4172/clinical-practice.1000125
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2017-01-01
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Tayek, John A
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Ghanaat, Farhad;Tayek, John A
Well-established risk factors for aspergillosis include HIV, cancer, recent corticosteroid (prednisone) therapy, chemotherapy, or thoracic surgery. Non-established risk factors may include weight loss and a history of diabetes. Twenty-three patients without the classical risk factors for IA were identified retrospectively at Harbor UCLA Medical Center by discharge diagnosis over a 20 year period (1992-2012). None of the well-known risk factors are for Invasive Apergillious (IA). A history of weight loss was seen in 66% of the patients with IA (15 of 23). The weight loss ranged from 3.3 lbs to 43 lbs. In patients with weight loss the average loss was 22±3 lbs (mean±SEM). In this small group of patients with IA, diabetes was seen in 8 of the 23 (34%), which is significantly higher than the 19% incidence of diabetes seen in 100 patients with severe sepsis (p