Cases of mycoses in immunocompetent people confirmed through autopsy : a narrative review of 10 years

Abstract

Fungi are microorganisms that cause primarily non-life threatening infections in immunocompetent hosts and invasive and fatal ones in immunocompromised subjects. Cancer patients, autoimmune diseases carriers, transplant recipients, HIV/AIDS patients or people under treatment with immunosuppressive agents are at higher risk of developing invasive mycoses. Although not common, immunocompetent people can develop fungal infections with fatal outcomes. The purpose of this review is to verify the occurrence of death by mycoses in immunocompetent humans in cases confirmed through autopsies published within the last ten years.