Risk Factors in People With Mold Infections That Have Spread to Different Parts of the Body: A Plain Language Summary

Plain Language Summary

This is a summary of a study originally published in ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research. Mold infections spread from one to other parts of the body and can infect other body parts. We need to understand what makes people more likely to get this type of mold infection (called invasive mold infection). This summary may help doctors to understand the risks that can relate to invasive mold infections.

What were the results?

The main risks in people with invasive aspergillosis (shortened to IA) and invasive mucormycosis (shortened to IM) were:

○	diabetes (high blood sugar and associated conditions),
○	lung disease (such as tuberculosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder),
○	blood-related cancers (such as leukemia, lymphoma), and
○	solid organ transplant (removing an organ from one person and placing in another person).

What do the results of the study mean?

People with the risks listed above may be more likely to get invasive mold infections. People with these risks should talk to their doctor about invasive mold infections. Being aware of these risks may help doctors to be aware of which people are at risk of invasive mold infections.

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Keywords::

• invasive aspergillosis
• invasive mold infection
• invasive mucormycosis
• lay summary
• plain language summary

This article is related to:

Patient Characteristics and Risk Factors in Invasive Mold Infections: Comparison from a Systematic Review and Database Analysis

Acknowledgements

Writing support for this PLSP was provided by Varkha Agrawal; editorial support was provided by Kripa Madnani and Sonia Philipose (all Ph.D., CMPP^™), employees of Pfizer.

Financial & competing interests disclosure

Pfizer supported this work. AHS, BP, MB, JAA are employees of Pfizer. SM and JS are employees of OPEN Health. JS also holds OPEN Health stock. OPEN Health received research funding from Pfizer.

The authors report no other conflicts of interest in this work. This manuscript is a plain language summary of the original article Sung AH, Martin S, Phan B, Benigno M, Stephens J, Chambers R, Aram JA. Patient Characteristics and Risk Factors in Invasive Mold Infections: Comparison from a Systematic Review and Database Analysis. Clinicoecon Outcomes Res. 2021 Jun 25;13:593–602.

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Funding

Pfizer supported this work. AHS, BP, MB, JAA are employees of Pfizer. SM and JS are employees of OPEN Health. JS also holds OPEN Health stock. OPEN Health received research funding from Pfizer.