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Table 1 WHO fungal priority pathogens list

From: Cryptococcus neoformans, a global threat to human health

Pathogen

Final ranking of pathogens

Geographic distribution

Mortality

Critical priority group

   

 Cryptococcus neoformans

1

Global

41–61%

 Candida auris

2

Global

29–53%

 Aspergillus fumigatus

3

Global

47–88%

 Candida albicans

4

Global

20–50%

High priority group

   

 Nakaseomyces glabrata (Candida glabrata)

5

Global

20–50%

 Histoplasma spp.

6

Global

21–53% (HIV/AIDS patients)

9–11% (immunosuppressed patients)

 Eumycetoma causative agents

7

Global

Lack of data. Thought to be low

 Mucorales

8

Global

23–80% (adult patients)

72.7% (pediatric patients)

 Fusarium spp.

9

Global

43–67%

 Candida tropicalis

10

Global

55–60% (adult patients)

26–40% (pediatric patients)

 Candida parapsilosis

11

Global

20–45%

Medium priority group

   

 Scedosporium spp.

12

Global

42–46%

 Lomentospora prolificans

13

Global

50–71% (adult patients)

50% (immunocompromised children)

 Coccidioides spp.

14

Americas

2–13%

 Pichia kudriavzeveii (Candida krusei)

15

Global

44–67%

 Cryptococcus gattii

16

Global

10–23% (CNS infections)

15–21% (pulmonary infections)

 Talaromyces marneffei

17

South-East Asia, China

12–21%

 Pneumocystis jirovecii

18

Global

0–100%

 Paracoccidioides spp.

19

Central and South America

3–23%

  1. Source WHO fungal priority pathogens list to guide research, development and public health action. CNS Central nervous system