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Case Reports
. 2023 May 12;72(19):536-537.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7219a4.

Notes from the Field: First Reported U.S. Cases of Tinea Caused by Trichophyton indotineae - New York City, December 2021-March 2023

Avrom S Caplan, Sudha Chaturvedi, YanChun Zhu, Gabrielle C Todd, Lu Yin, Adriana Lopez, Lisa Travis, Dallas J Smith, Tom Chiller, Shawn R Lockhart, Karen A Alroy, William G Greendyke, Jeremy A W Gold
Case Reports

Notes from the Field: First Reported U.S. Cases of Tinea Caused by Trichophyton indotineae - New York City, December 2021-March 2023

Avrom S Caplan et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
No abstract available

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FIGURE
Lesions occurring on two patients with first reported U.S. cases of tinea caused by Trichophyton indotineae, on patient A’s neck, abdomen, and buttocks (A–C) and on patient B’s thighs (D) — New York City, December 2021–March 2023 Photos/Lu Yin (A–C) and Vignesh Ramachandran (D). Used with patients’ permission. At initial dermatology evaluation, patient A had large, annular, scaly, and pruritic erythematous plaques of the neck, abdomen, groin, and buttocks. At initial dermatology evaluation, patient B had widespread, discrete, scaly, annular, pruritic plaques affecting the thighs and buttocks.
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