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. 2022 Dec 1;28:e939088-1–e939088-3. doi: 10.12659/MSM.939088

Table 1.

World Health Organization (WHO) Fungal Priority Pathogens List, 2022 [6].

Critical priority High priority Medium priority
Aspergillus fumigatus Candida glabrata Candida krusei
Candida albicans Candida parapsilosis Coccidioides spp.
Candida auris Candida tropicalis Cryptococcus gattii
Cryptococcus neoformans Eumycetoma (granulomatous *fungal infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue) Lomentospora prolificans
Fusarium spp. Paracoccidioides spp.
Histoplasma spp. Pneumocystis jirovecii
Mucorales/Mucormycosis Scedosporium spp.
Talaromyces marneffei

Adapted from: WHO fungal priority pathogens list to guide research, development and public health action. 25 October 2022 [6].

*

Fungal causes of eumycetoma include Madurella mycteomatis, Aspergillus spp., Nocardia spp., Fusarium spp.