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 ...

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 ...

Sexually transmitted ringworm, known as trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII, or TMVII, is a fungus that infects the skin ...

More than 30 people have been sickened in what health experts call the “largest known outbreak” of an outbreak of sexually ...

Minnesota reports surge in sexually transmitted ringworm (TMVII), prompting health alerts and calls for early diagnosis and ...

Minnesota is in the midst of what state health officials call the nation's "largest known outbreak" of TMVII, a sexually ...

The fungal infection was first detected in Minnesota last July.

You can get ringworm via contact with an infected person, contaminated soil, or an infected animal. You can also contract ringworm from contact with a contaminated object, such as shared gym equipment ...

A HIGHLY contagious strain of fungal ringworm that spreads through sex could already be silently circulating in the UK, ...