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    Tinea gone wild: The emergence of Trichophyton indotineae as a global phenomenon - 11 month(s) ago

    Trichophyton indotineae dermatophytosis is an extensive, recalcitrant disease frequently resistant to terbinafine, spreading worldwide. Dermatologists should consider this diagnosis when tinea infections do not respond to standard therapy and use itraconazole as the current treatment of choice.

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    Categories: Dermatology, Latest Headlines
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      “As I quietly celebrated the retreat of COVID by not wearing a mask when examining patients and not including Mpox in the differential diagnosis of every genital rash, the CDC reports two cases of highly contagious, drug-resistant #ringworm infections...’" https://t.co/Qnux8rXxmL https://t.co/f5iIR7Hz9c

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    Tinea gone wild: The emergence of Trichophyton indotineae as a global phenomenon - 11 month(s) ago

    Trichophyton indotineae dermatophytosis is an extensive, recalcitrant disease frequently resistant to terbinafine, spreading worldwide. Dermatologists should consider this diagnosis when tinea infections do not respond to standard therapy and use itraconazole as the current treatment of choice.

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      “As I quietly celebrated the retreat of COVID by not wearing a mask when examining patients and not including Mpox in the differential diagnosis of every genital rash, the CDC reports two cases of highly contagious, drug-resistant #ringworm infections...’" https://t.co/Qnux8rXxmL https://t.co/RBdbRmhDmg

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    CDC Reports Two Cases of Drug-Resistant Ringworm - 12 month(s) ago

    In both cases, skin culture isolates first identified Trichophyton mentagrophytes, but further analysis at the New York State Department of Health’s lab identified the isolates as T indotineae.

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      CDC is alerting clinicians to be on the lookout for a severe antifungal-resistant form of tinea, as it was recently detected in two patients in New York. #ringworm https://t.co/MIhQKi2tEa

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    An ancient haplotype containing antimicrobial peptide gene variants is associated with severe fungal skin disease in Persian cats - 2 year(s) ago

    Author summary Fungal skin infections known as ringworm or dermatophytosis affect billions of humans and animals worldwide. Normally the disease is self-limiting in affected individuals. The Persian cat breed is a popular breed known for its long hair coat and short nose as well as its propensity to develop severe, chronic dermatophytosis. By examining the genomes of Persian cats, we discovered…

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      New research on Persian #cats: Myers et al find #genetic variants in the breed related to the incidence of #ringworm These mutations change the antimicrobial protein calprotectin, which may defend against other #pathogens 🔎: https://t.co/pYDL6BLp9Q 📷: Larry Johnson https://t.co/cJBIwIweQ1