WHO fungal priority pathogens are groups of pathogenic fungi that the World Health Organization deems in need of global attention.[1][2][3][4]
The list has three priority groups. In decreasing order of concern, they are: critical, high, and medium.[1][4]
Critical group
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Cryptococcus neoformans
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Candida auris
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Aspergillus fumigatus
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Candida albicans
High group
edit- Nakaseomyces glabrata (formerly Candida glabrata)
- Histoplasma spp.
- Eumycetoma causative agents, including:
- Acremonium falciform[7][8]
- Acremonium kiliense[7][8]
- Acremonium recifei[7][8]
- Aspergillus flavus[7][8]
- Aspergillus nidulans[7][8]
- Cladophialophora bantiana[7][8]
- Cladophialophora mycetomatis[7][8]
- Curvularia geniculata[7][8]
- Curvularia lunata[7][8][9][1]
- Cylindrocarpon cyanescens[7][8]
- Exophiala jeanselmei[7][8]
- Falciformispora senegalensis[1]
- Fusarium moniliforme[7][8]
- Fusarium solani[7][8]
- Glenospora clapieri[8]
- Leptosphaeria senegalensis[7][8][9]
- Leptosphaeria tompkinsii[7][8]
- Madurella grisea[7][8][9]
- Madurella mycetomatis[7][8][9]
- Microsporum audouinii[7][8]
- Microsporum canis[7][8]
- Neotestudina rosatii[7][8][9]
- Phaeoacremonium parasiticum[8]
- Phialophora cyanescens[8]
- Phialophora verrucosa[7][8]
- Scedosporium (ex. Pseudoalleschia) boydii[7][8][9]
- Pyrenochaeta mackinonii[7][8]
- Pyrenochaeta romeroi[7][8]
- Trichophyton rubrum[7][8]
- Zopfia rosatii[1]
- Mucorales
- Fusarium spp.
- Candida tropicalis
- Candida parapsilosis
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Nakaseomyces glabrata
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Histoplasma capsulatum
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Histoplasma capsulatum var. duboisii
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Acremonium falciforme
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Aspergillus flavus
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Aspergillus nidulans
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Cladophialophora bantiana
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Curvularia geniculata
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Curvularia lunata
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Fusarium solani
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Madurella grisea
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Madurella mycetomatis
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Microsporum audouinii
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Microsporum canis
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Phialophora verrucosa
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Pseudoallescheria boydii
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Trichophyton rubrum
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Candida tropicalis
Medium group
edit- Scedosporium spp., including:[11]
- Scedosporium americanum
- Scedosporium apiospermum
- Scedosporium aurantiacum
- Scedosporium boydii
- Scedosporium cereisporum
- Scedosporium deficiens
- Scedosporium dehoogii
- Scedosporium desertorum
- Scedosporium magalhaesii
- Scedosporium minutisporum
- Scedosporium prolificans
- Scedosporium rarisporum
- Scedosporium sanyaense
- Lomentospora prolificans
- Coccidioides spp., including:[12]
- Pichia kudriavzevii (formerly Candida krusei)
- Cryptococcus gattii
- Talaromyces marneffei
- Pneumocystis jirovecii
- Paracoccidioides spp., including:[13]
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Scedosporium prolificans
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Lomentospora prolificans
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Coccidioides immitis
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Pichia kudriavzevii
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Cryptococcus gattii
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Talaromyces marneffei
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Pneumocystis jirovecii
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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
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Paracoccidioides lutzii
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