One health and resistant fungi: a challenging balancing act between food security and patient survival

M Lackner; P E Verweij; J Strauss; K Rosam; B Strobl; T Svoboda; A W de Jong

doi:10.1080/14787210.2026.2646190

One health and resistant fungi: a challenging balancing act between food security and patient survival

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2026 Feb;24(2):165-169. doi: 10.1080/14787210.2026.2646190. Epub 2026 Mar 20.

Authors

M Lackner^{1

2}, P E Verweij^{3

4}, J Strauss⁵, K Rosam¹, B Strobl⁶, T Svoboda⁵, A W de Jong⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
² MYCOS - PhD Training Program, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
³ Department of Medical Microbiology and Radboudumc-CWZ Center of Expertise for Mycology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
⁴ Center for Infectious Disease Research, Diagnostics and Laboratory Surveillance National Institute for Public Health and The Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
⁵ Institute of Microbial Genetics, Department of Agricultural Sciences, BOKU University Vienna, Tulln an der Donau, Austria.
⁶ Centre of Biological Sciences, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

PMID: 41830442
DOI: 10.1080/14787210.2026.2646190

No abstract available

Keywords: Antifungal resistance; Aspergillus fumigatus; agricultural fungicides; azole fungicides; dual-use compounds; environmental resistance selection; invasive fungal infections; multidrug-resistant fungi.

Publication types

Editorial