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Executive summary: The 2026 UK Infection-Specialist Workforce Report represents an important strategic shift for medical mycology and fungal disease services.

Audience: patients, carers, non-specialist clinicians and laboratory colleagues interested in fungal disease diagnostics. Last reviewed: 18 May 2026 Key points

This week’s fungal diagnostics search identified new papers on sequencing-based diagnosis, fungal biomarkers, species identification, antifungal susceptibility testing, and candidemia

Date: 5 May 2026 This week’s update highlights advances across fungal diagnostics, particularly in Aspergillus testing, emerging biomarkers, molecular diagnostics,

Last reviewed: April 2026 Key Points Rapid molecular diagnostics (PCR, LAMP, metagenomic sequencing) are expanding quickly. No single test is

Last reviewed: 20 April 2026 This week’s fungal diagnostics papers highlight a clear pattern: tests are becoming broader, faster, and

Coverage: key papers identified from this week’s Search A and Search B results, focusing on fungal diagnostics, invasive mould infection,

This week’s fungal diagnostics literature highlights continued progress in molecular testing, growing interest in biomarker development, and ongoing real-world problems

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Period covered: last 7 days Key points Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS), artificial intelligence-assisted microscopy, and whole genome sequencing were among