{"id":3565,"date":"2023-05-16T17:15:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T22:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=3565"},"modified":"2023-05-16T18:44:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T23:44:27","slug":"first-u-s-cases-of-drug-resistant-skin-infection-found-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2023\/05\/16\/first-u-s-cases-of-drug-resistant-skin-infection-found-in-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"First U.S. cases of drug-resistant skin infection found in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NJ.com<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A highly transmissible, drug-resistant ringworm infection has been found in two women in New York City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two patients \u2014 whose infections are not connected \u2014 are the first cases to be identified in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The infections, caused by the fungus Trichophyton indotineae, have cropped up in South Asia but had never been seen in the U.S., the CDC said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tinea corporis infection (ringworm). A drug resistant version of the infection has recently been discovered in the U.S. (Getty Images\/Oscar Guiterrez)Getty Images<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It causes a red, itchy rash on the skin that can spread through skin-to-skin contact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A dermatologist in New York City detected ringworm in the two women \u2014 ages 28 and 47 \u2014 and notified public health officials in late February after one did not respond to the initial treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 28-year-old woman \u2014 who was pregnant at the time \u2014 developed a rash in the summer of 2021 on her neck, abdomen, pubic region and buttocks, the CDC said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe had no other underlying medical conditions, no known exposures to a person with similar rash, and no recent international travel history,\u201d according to the CDC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her rash went away after being treated with itraconazole, an antifungal medication.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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