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The interaction between fungal pathogens and host epithelial barriers remains largely unexplored. In a recent issue of Nature Microbiology, Pekmezovic et al. (Nat. Microbiol. 2021) provides evidence for the pivotal role of mitochondria-associated type I interferon signalling in the pathophysiology of vulvovaginal candidiasis.