CDC: First US Cases of Severe Drug-Resistant Ringworm Identified

Two severe cases of ringworm identified at a clinic in the US city of New York have reportedly failed to respond to a common antifungal treatment, according to a case study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

It’s unlikely the two cases are directly linked – with one patient developing the infection in the US in the summer of 2021 and the other in Bangladesh in the summer of 2022 – raising concerns over a potentially hidden outbreak of drug-resistant dermatitis.

Ringworm is caused by any one of several dozen species of fungus, and is not – as its name suggests…