This article is to alert medical mycologists and infectious disease specialists of recent name changes of medically important species of the filamentous mold Fusarium. Fusarium 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.

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否对新孢子虫：在镰刀菌属中继续包含茄枯萎病菌种的植物学和实用原因。

本文旨在提醒医学真菌学家和传染病专家有关丝状霉菌镰刀菌的医学上重要物种的最近名称更改。镰刀菌属物种可引起人类局部感染和致命性感染。70个的镰刀菌已报道引起感染，接近三分之一的物种的成员茄病镰刀菌物种复杂（FSSC），他们共同约占所有的三分之二报镰刀菌感染。荷兰的一个研究小组最近首次将许多这类物种命名为科学名称，但它们被误认为是新孢子虫属（Neocosmospora）。在本文中，我们提出了遗传学上的观点，这些论点强烈支持将FSSC纳入镰刀菌中。对于镰刀菌属物种，使用名称Neocosmospora可能会导致严重后果，因为临床医生需要意识到，镰刀菌对目前可用的抗真菌谱具有广泛的抗性。