At least 2 cases of drug-resistant ringworm infections found in the U.S., CDC says

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Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/heal...ngworm-infections-found-us-cdc-says-rcna83918

At least 2 cases of drug-resistant ringworm infections found in the U.S., CDC says
Cases of the infection had surged in South Asia over the past decade.

May 11, 2023, 1:04 PM EDT / Updated May 11, 2023, 2:56 PM EDT
By Erika Edwards

Two cases of highly contagious, drug-resistant ringworm infections have been detected in New York City — the first such cases reported in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.​

The infection was first identified in a 47-year-old woman who had developed a bad case of ringworm, also known as tinea, while traveling in Bangladesh.

A rash had erupted across most of her body and typical antifungal creams did nothing to alleviate it.

"My radar went up immediately," said Dr. Avrom Caplan, an assistant professor of dermatology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, who treated the patient and was one of the report's authors...​

 

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First Reported U.S. Cases of Tinea Caused by Trichophyton indotineae — New York City, December 2021–March 2023 - CDC

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May 12, 2023​
​On February 28, 2023, a New York City dermatologist notified public health officials of two patients who had severe tinea that did not improve with oral terbinafine treatment, raising concern for potential T. indotineae infection; these patients shared no epidemiologic links. Skin culture isolates from each patient were previously identified by a clinical laboratory as Trichophyton mentagrophytes and were subsequently forwarded to the Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, for further review and analysis. Sanger sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer region of the ribosomal gene, followed by phylogenetic analysis performed during March 2023, identified the isolates as T. indotineae (Supplementary Figure; https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/127678). Activity related to this investigation was reviewed by CDC and was conducted consistent with applicable federal law and CDC policy​.

... Patient B, a woman aged 47 years with no major medical conditions, developed a widespread, pruritic eruption in summer 2022 while in Bangladesh.

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