Tinea symptoms as two cases of drug resistant fungal infection confirmed
dailyrecord.co.ukTwo cases of a highly contagious fungal disease have been confirmed, with two women in the US infected. Two unnamed patients, aged 28 and 47, have been struck down with the first known cases of the illness, according to the Centres of Disease Control and Prevention.
The disease has been found to be a drug-resistant form of ringworm, also known as tinea.Tinea is a highly contagious fungal skin infection that is spread by skin-to-skin contact or indirectly by things like sharing towels, clothes or from the floor.
The two women infected were found to suffer lesions on their neck, buttocks, thighs and abdomen. The diagnosis is of concern with experts warning such infections are becoming more common due to higher temperatures as a result of climate change as well as resistant medication.The infected 28-year-old first reported rashes appearing on her body during the summer of 2021, seeking medical attention in December of the same year as the rashes across her body became large and scaly.
She was prescribed antifungal treatment in January 2022, however, according to medics, the treatment made no difference. The patient was then prescribed a four-week course of antifungal itraconazole which eventually cleared the rash.The second patient required medical attention on three separate occasions in late 2022 after the rash began to spread.
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