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Highly Contagious and Drug-Resistant Ringworm Reported in US for First Time
Highly Contagious and Drug-Resistant Ringworm Reported in US for First Time | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft
New York City is home to the country’s first-ever reported cases of ringworm infections that are highly contagious and resistant to common anti-fungal treatments, according to theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention.
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New York City is home to the country’s first-ever reported cases of ringworm infections that are highly contagious and resistant to common anti-fungal treatments, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Two cases were reported to state health officials by the dermatologist in February, and those cases are briefly documented in a case study released Thursday in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
“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,” according to CDC.
The first case dates back to the summer of 2021, and it involved a pregnant woman in her twenties who had never left the country, was in perfect health, and had never been in contact with anyone else who had a similar rash. This incident may indicate that the fungus is spreading subtly throughout the area.
Her infection from 2021 wasn’t treated until early 2022.
Dermatologists noted large, annular, scaly, pruritic plaques over the neck, abdomen, pubic region, and buttocks. She received a diagnosis of tinea and began oral terbinafine therapy in January 2022 after the birth of her baby. Because her eruptions did not improve after 2 weeks of therapy, terbinafine was discontinued, and she began itraconazole treatment. The rash resolved completely after completing a 4-week course of itraconazole; however, she is being monitored for potential recurrence of infection and the need for resumption of itraconazole.
A woman in her forties who visited Bangladesh and came back with a severe case of ringworm was the second person to be diagnosed with this particular condition.~Snip~
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concludes:
The cases in these two patients highlight several important points. Patient A had no recent international travel history, suggesting potential local U.S. transmission of T. indotineae.
Health care providers should consider T. indotineae infection in patients with widespread tinea, particularly when eruptions do not improve with first-line topical antifungal agents or oral terbinafine. Culture-based identification techniques used by most clinical laboratories typically misidentify T. indotineae as T. mentographytes or T. interdigitale; correct identification requires genomic sequencing.
Health care providers who suspect T. indotineae infection should contact their state or local public health department for assistance with testing, which is available at certain public health laboratories and specialized academic and commercial laboratories. Successful treatment using oral itraconazole, a triazole antifungal, has been documented.
Commentary:
More diseases to come. I like how someone commented at the end of the article, “Diverse diseases are our strength.”
Prior to Covid te influx diseases invaded America, remember West Nile, the resurgence of Polio and polio like diseases, Measles outbreaks reappearing, Scabies found on illegal aliens and children entering America.
Wat we need is more uncontrolled diversity...
