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This study aimed to assess the possible changes in the abundance and diversity of resident mycobiome in the nasopharyngeal tract (NT) of humans due to SARS-CoV-2 infections. Twenty-two (n = 22) nasopharyngeal swab samples (including COVID-19 = 8, Recovered = 7, and Healthy = 7) were collected for RNA-sequencing followed by taxonomic profiling of mycobiome. Our analyses indicate that SARS-CoV-2 infection significantly increased (p &lt; 0.05, Wilcoxon test) the population and diversity of fungi in the NT with inclusion of a high proportion of opportunistic pathogens. We detected 863 fungal species including 533, 445, and 188 species in COVID-19, Recovered, and Healthy individuals, respectively that indicate a distinct mycobiome dysbiosis due to the SARS-CoV-2 infection. Remarkably, 37% of the fungal species were exclusively associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection, where <jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>cerevisiae<\/jats:italic> (88.62%) and <jats:italic>Phaffia rhodozyma<\/jats:italic> (10.30%) were two top abundant species. Likewise, Recovered humans NT samples were predominated by <jats:italic>Aspergillus penicillioides<\/jats:italic> (36.64%), <jats:italic>A<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>keveii<\/jats:italic> (23.36%), <jats:italic>A<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>oryzae<\/jats:italic> (10.05%) and <jats:italic>A<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>pseudoglaucus<\/jats:italic> (4.42%). Conversely, <jats:italic>Nannochloropsis oceanica<\/jats:italic> (47.93%), <jats:italic>Saccharomyces pastorianus<\/jats:italic> (34.42%), and <jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>cerevisiae<\/jats:italic> (2.80%) were the top abundant fungal species in Healthy controls nasal swabs. Importantly, 16% commensal fungal species found in the Healthy controls were not detected in either COVID-19 patients or when they were cured from COVID-19 (Recovered). We also detected several altered metabolic pathways correlated with the dysbiosis of fungal mycobiota in COVID-19 patients. Our results suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection causes significant dysbiosis of mycobiome and related metabolic functions possibly play a determining role in the progression of SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis. 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