Unlike most fungi that cause ringworm, TMVII is spread through close sexual contact and is more likely to cause inflammatory ...
Health officials in Minnesota say the state is seeing an outbreak of a new, sexually transmitted fungal skin infection.
Minnesota health officials say the state is currently dealing with the United States' "largest known outbreak" of a sexually ...
Minnesota is in the midst of what state health officials call the nation's "largest known outbreak" of TMVII, a sexually transmitted fungal skin infection that can cause severe ringworm.
TMVII spreads through direct skin-to-skin contact, including sexual contact, and can cause severe and persistent rashes.
A sexually transmitted ringworm is spreading in one US state - It can take months to treat the fungal infections, which were ...
Minnesota reports surge in sexually transmitted ringworm (TMVII), prompting health alerts and calls for early diagnosis and ...
Sexually transmitted ringworm, known as trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII, or TMVII, is a fungus that infects the skin ...
The fungal infection was first detected in Minnesota last July.
The World Health Organization considers antimicrobial resistance to be one of the most serious threats for global health. Similar to the way bacteria have developed resistance to antibiotics, fungal ...
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 ...