Fungi:33,34
- Pneumocystis jirovecii (formerly Pneumocystis carinii)
- Addition of telemorphs and anamorphs34
- Scedosporium boydii (formerly Pseudallescheria boydii)
- Talaromyces marneffei (formerly Penicillium marneffei)
So many changes have occurred that presenting them here would take pages. The article "Fungal Nomenclature: Managing Change is the Name of the Game" (Kidd, 2023) is a great reference that contains tables describing the summary of nomenclature changes in clinically important yeast-like fungi, hyaline molds, dimorphic fungi, dematiaceous fungi, mucoromycotina, and others.35
33. Sax, P. (2019, June 6). A highly subjective guide to clinically important infections that have changed names. New England Journal of Medicine Journal Watch. https://blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-observations/index.php/a-highly-subjective-guide-to-clinically-important-infections-that-have-changed-names/2019/06/02/34. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2024, April 24). Anamorph and teleomorph names for candida species. Candidiasis. https://www.cdc.gov/candidiasis/hcp/anamorph-and-teleomorph-names/?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/fungal/lab-professionals/anamorph-and-teleomorph-names.html35. Kidd, S. E., Abdolrasouli, A., & Hagen, F. (2023). Fungal Nomenclature: Managing Change is the Name of the Game. Open forum infectious diseases, 10(1), ofac559. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac559
