Name changes in medically important fungi and their implications for clinical practice.

de Hoog GS, Chaturvedi V, Denning DW, Dyer PS, Frisvad JC, Geiser D, Gräser Y, Guarro J, Haase G, Kwon-Chung KJ, Meis JF, Meyer W, Pitt JI, Samson RA, Taylor JW, Tintelnot K, Vitale RG, Walsh TJ, Lackner M - ISHAM Working Group on Nomenclature of Medical Fungi (2015) Name changes in medically important fungi and their implications for clinical practice. J Clin Microbiol 53(4), 1056-1062.
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Abstract

Recent changes in the Fungal Code of Nomenclature and developments in molecular phylogeny are about to lead to dramatic changes in the naming of medically important molds and yeasts. In this article, we present a widely supported and simple proposal to prevent unnecessary nomenclatural instability.

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Kerstin Voigt
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doi: 10.1128/JCM.02016-14

PMID: 25297326