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
Cryptococcus neoformans
Candida auris
Aspergillus fumigatus
Candida albicans
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
- Pseudoallescheria boydii (Scedosporium apiospermum)
- 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 kudriavzeveii (formerly Candida krusei)
- Cryptococcus gattii
- Talaromyces marneffei
- Pneumocystis jirovecii
- Paracoccidioides spp., including:
Scedosporium prolificans
Lomentospora prolificans
Coccidioides immitis
Pichia kudriavzeveii
Cryptococcus gattii
Talaromyces marneffei
Pneumocystis jirovecii
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Paracoccidioides lutzii
