A treatment-resistant, highly contagious form of the skin infection tinea, better known as ringworm, has been reported in the U.S. for the first time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Two cases of a common fungal infection known as tinea, or ringworm, failed to respond to standard treatment due to a recently emerged fungus in the United States, according to a recent Centers for ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A pair of women in New York City were identified as two of the first cases of a drug-resistant, highly contagious skin infection in the United States. The Centers for Disease ...

A new sexually transmitted fungal infection has been detected for the first time in the U.S., health experts announced Wednesday. A study, published in the journal JAMA Dermatology on Wednesday, ...

Last month, Minnesota reported what it said is the country’s “largest known outbreak” of Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype ...

The fungal infection spreads easily without proper hygiene practices.

A highly transmissible, drug-resistant ringworm infection has been found in two women in New York City. The two patients — whose infections are not connected — are the first cases to be identified in ...

On Black skin, ringworm (tinea) may look brown or gray instead of red or pink. It can appear as a ring-shaped rash with a raised, scaly border. Black people, especially African American and Hispanic ...

Dear Dr. Gott: I have been plagued with an extensive tinea versicolor skin infection on my back and abdomen since I was a teenager. I was treated by at least five doctors over the years. One suggested ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A pair of women in New York City were identified as two of the first cases of a drug-resistant, highly-contagious skin infection in the United States. The Centers for Disease ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A pair of women in New York City were identified as two of the first cases of a drug-resistant, highly-contagious skin infection in the United States. The Centers for Disease ...