GUEST COMMENTARY Sequence-Based Identification of Aspergillus, Fusarium, and Mucorales Species in the Clinical Mycology Laboratory: Where Are We and Where Should We Go from Here?

Sequence-Based Identification of Aspergillus, Fusarium, and Mucorales Species in the Clinical Mycology Laboratory: Where Are We and Where Should We Go from Here? S. A. Balajee,* A. M. Borman, M. E. Brandt, J. Cano, M. Cuenca-Estrella, E. Dannaoui, J. Guarro, G. Haase, C. C. Kibbler, W. Meyer, K. O’Donnell, C. A. Petti, J. L. Rodriguez-Tudela, D. Sutton, A. Velegraki, and B. L. Wickes Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Mycology Reference Laboratory, Health Protection Agency, Bristol, United Kingdom; Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain; Mycology Reference Laboratory, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Centre National de Référence Mycologie et Antifongiques, Unité de Mycologie Moléculaire, CNRS URA3012, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen, 52074 Aachen, Germany; Centre for Medical Microbiology, University College London, London, United Kingdom; Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Sydney, Western Clinical School at Westmead Hospital, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia; Microbial Genomics and Bioprocessing Research Unit, NCAUR-ARS-USDA, Peoria, Illinois; Departments of Medicine and Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah; Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas; Mycology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece; and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas