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