Repositori URV

Identificador: imarina:8680234

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina8680234

Autors:
O'Donnell KAl-Hatmi AMSAoki TBrankovics BCano-Lira JFColeman JJde Hoog GSDi Pietro AFrandsen RJNGeiser DMGibas CFCGuarro JKim HSKistler HCLaraba ILeslie JFLópez-Berges MSLysøe EMeis JFMonod MProctor RHRep MRuiz-Roldán CŠišić AStajich JESteenkamp ETSummerell BAvan der Lee TAJvan Diepeningen ADVerweij PEWaalwijk CWard TJWickes BLWiederhold NPWingfield MJZhang NZhang SX

Resum:
This article is to alert medical mycologists and infectious disease specialists of recent name changes of medically important species of the filamentous mold FusariumFusarium species can cause localized and life-threating infections in humans. Of the 70 Fusarium species that have been reported to cause infections, close to one-third are members of the Fusarium solani species complex (FSSC), and they collectively account for approximately two-thirds of all reported Fusarium infections. Many of these species were recently given scientific names for the first time by a research group in the Netherlands, but they were misplaced in the genus Neocosmospora In this paper, we present genetic arguments that strongly support inclusion of the FSSC in Fusarium There are potentially serious consequences associated with using the name Neocosmospora for Fusarium species because clinicians need to be aware that fusaria are broadly resistant to the spectrum of antifungals that are currently available.