Editorial: Women in infectious agents and disease: 2023.

This editorial from the journal Frontiers in Microbiology discusses the gender gap in scientific fields, particularly in terms of publishing and patenting. It also addresses the underrepresentation of women in authorship and citations. The editorial introduces a research topic on women in infectious agents and disease, which includes seven original articles and two reviews covering various topics such as Streptococcus agalactiae strains, Group B Streptococcus colonization in pregnant women, and metabolic changes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected macrophages. The authors highlight the lack of research on fungi in the neonatal microbiome, despite their significant presence in gut microbes of neonates. They emphasize the need for studies on fungi as fungal infections remain a major cause of illness and death in premature infants. The document concludes with acknowledgments and declarations of no financial support or conflicts of interest. [Extracted from the article]