
Drug-resistant ringworm detected in US for first time, CDC says
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The CDC on Thursday confirmed, for the first time in the United States, the presence of drug-resistant ringworm found in two New York City patients.
The first patient was a 28-year-old woman who developed a "widespread pruritic eruption" in the summer of 2021. The woman, who was pregnant at the time of diagnosis, had no known exposures to a person with a similar rash and no travel history. Bradford Betz is a Fox News Digital breaking reporter covering crime, political issues, and much more.
A second person, a 47-year-old woman, had developed a widespread pruritic eruption in the summer of 2022 while in Bangladesh. After returning to the U.S., she was prescribed multiple treatments without improvement.
Both women required weeks of therapy to rid themselves of the infection.













