Yeast infections mainly develop in people with weakened immune systems. It is in these cases that they are the most dangerous and the most likely to contaminate the whole organism.

Thus, the people most at risk of serious yeast infections are:

• ទារកមិនគ្រប់ខែ;
• មនុស្សចាស់;
• people with an immunological deficit (following an HIV infection, an organ transplant, chemo or radiotherapy, taking immunosuppressive drugs or high-dose corticosteroids, etc.).

La មានផ្ទៃពោះ និង ទឹកនោមផ្អែម are also factors favoring yeast infection. Takingថ្នាំ antibiotics, by unbalancing the digestive bacterial flora, can promote the colonization of endogenous fungi.