Table 1. Classical risk factors for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis
Prolonged neutropenia (<500 cells·mm−3 for >10 days) [10]
Transplantation (highest risk is with lung transplantation and HSCT) [11–14]
Prolonged (>3 weeks) and high-dose corticosteroid therapy [10, 15, 16]
Haematological malignancy (risk is higher with leukaemia) [5, 7]
Chemotherapy [5, 7, 17]
Advanced AIDS [18–21]
Chronic granulomatous disease [22]

  • HSCT: haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation.