Immunocompromised

Tom is immunocompromised.

Immunocompromised patients are at greater risk of a fungal infection.

Those at higher risk for the disease or complications include women who are pregnant, children and people who are immunocompromised.

More than seven million adults in the United States, or about 3 percent, are characterized by health professionals as immunocompromised because of a disease, medication or other treatment that weakens their body’s immune response, meaning that diseases such as Covid-19 can be more deadly to them, and that vaccines offer less protection.