CDC: First US Cases of Severe Drug-Resistant Ringworm Identified

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CDC: First US Cases of Severe Drug-Resistant Ringworm Identified
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Two severe cases of ringworm identified at a clinic in the US city of New York have reportedly failed to respond to a common antifungal treatment, according to a case study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Two severe cases of ringworm identified at a clinic in the US city of New York have reportedly failed to respond to a common antifungal treatment,It's unlikely the two cases are directly linked – with one patient developing the infection in the US in the summer of 2021 and the other in Bangladesh in the summer of 2022 – raising concerns over a potentially hidden outbreak of drug-resistant dermatitis.

As the infection widens it often leaves an area of healthy looking skin in its center, appearing as an inflamed ring of infection.that risk secondary bacterial infections if untreated. In the two New York cases, the culprit was initially mistaken for a ubiquitous form of ringworm calledA close look at the infecting microbe's genes told a different story, revealing it was a relatively recently discovered species known as

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