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A sexually transmitted ringworm caused by a certain fungus has been reported for the first time in the United States.
“Healthcare providers should be aware that Trichophyton mentagrophytes type VII is the latest in a group of severe skin infections to have now reached the United States,” study author Avrom Caplan, MD, a dermatologist and assistant professor in the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, said in a release.
In a report released June 5 in JAMA DermatologyTrusted Source, Caplan and his colleagues describe the first documented case in the United States of this sexually transmitted fungus.
The case involved a man in his 30s from New York City who developed an itchy rash on his genitals, buttocks, and limbs after returning from a trip to England, Greece, and California.
The man “reported multiple male sexual partners while traveling, none with a similar infection, and visited a sauna 2 months prior to developing skin lesions,” the researchers write.
Genetic tests confirmed that the fungus causing the rash was T. mentagrophytes genotype VII.
The man was treated for 4 weeks with the antifungal medication fluconazole with no response. He was then treated with the antifungals terbinafine and itraconazole, both of which improved his symptoms.
Cases of this fungus have occurred in Southeast Asia and Europe, with some reports of drug resistance. However, in the United States, this fungus still responds well to frontline antifungal medications.
I knew of a guy who had revolting, disgusting smelly feet, they see bad hygiene as manly or something.
Also, male genetalia has high levels of bacteria that can throw off a woman’s PH in an instant. Even them not taking a shower before intamcy causes a woman to catch BV or even a yeast infection. Women have to deal with the burden of restoring herself from something he caused. One stop to urgent care is the least a man can do to get tested. And its a good test to see if he even has insurance, or cares about his health at all.