Results of 8124 autopsies show that incidence of mycotic infections in clinics of Frankfurt on the Main has increased from 2.2% in 1978 to 5.3% in 2004. This increase happened mainly due to aspergillus infection, incidence of which has increased 10 times within this period of time.

A peculiarity of aspergillus infection course is a variety of its clinical manifestations. Therapists single out invasive and non-invasive aspergillosis.