Human Pathogenic Fungi: New Pathogens, New Names, or a Changing Landscape of Mycoses?
A Special Issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607) belonging to the section "Medical Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2027 | Viewed by 105
Editors
Interests: mycology; infection control
Interests: infections caused by human pathogenic fungi (yeasts and molds); fungal biology; fungal taxonomy and barcoding; diagnosis; fungal pathogenicity; fungal genetics; fungal immunology; antimicrobial PK/PD and treatment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue addresses a fundamental and unresolved question in clinical mycology: are we witnessing a genuine emergence of new fungal pathogens, or are we simply becoming better at finding and naming them? Advances in molecular diagnostics, whole-genome sequencing, and taxonomic reclassification have dramatically expanded the list of recognized human fungal pathogens over the past two decades. Yet it remains unclear to what extent this reflects a true changing landscape of mycoses—driven by climate change, expanding ecological niches, increased fungal virulence, rising zoonotic potential, and evolving host susceptibility—rather than improved detection and revised nomenclature. We invite submissions addressing the multifaceted dimensions of this question: taxonomic reclassifications and the identification of cryptic species within established taxa; novel diagnostic frameworks, including metagenomics and genomic surveillance; environmental drivers such as climate change altering fungal ecology and geographic distribution; mechanisms and epidemiology of antifungal resistance alongside emerging antifungal therapies; the impact of immunomodulatory agents on host risk profiles; and One Health perspectives on the global burden of fungal disease. Contributions that bridge taxonomy, molecular biology, clinical microbiology, epidemiology, and translational research are particularly encouraged.
Dr. Paweł Krzyściak
Dr. Abdullah M.S. Al-Hatmi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fungal pathogens
- clinical mycology
- clinical microbiology
- epidemiology
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