Washing machines are essential for keeping clothes clean, but did you know they can also become breeding grounds for harmful ...

A dermatophyte known as Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII (TMVII) has been identified as the cause of an emerging ...

suggesting that close skin-to-skin contact facilitates the spread of the fungus. According to the CDC, dermatologists and healthcare providers should consider TMVII when examining patients with ...

A rare and highly contagious fungus called 'jock itch' has emerged in New York, causing rashes around the genital area. The ...

New York City has witnessed the outbreak of a contagious disease this year, predicted to be spread through sexual contact.

Doctors have warned that a hard-to-treat 'super-fungus' is likely spreading undetected across the UK, causing painful rashes that can be transmitted through everyday contact. The ringworm infection, ...

GENTINAL super fungus’ is likely already in Britain and spreading, experts have warned. Four people in the United States have ...

Historically fungal infection have been neglected leaving us with few treatment options ... TMVII can leave sufferers with ...

An estimated 72 million ambulatory visits for superficial cutaneous fungal infections (SCFIs) in the United States were recorded during 2005-2016, with an increasing trend over the years.

CDC officials have diagnosed five cases of the mystery genital infection so far, but fear more are in the community. They were diagnosed among gay or bisexual men.

Here, the authors present a rapid molecular diagnostic method based on magnetic fungal enrichment and CRISPR-based detection. In social insects, the relative roles of individual immunity and ...

and fungal cultures and DNA sequencing identified TMVII as the cause of the infection. All four patients were men aged 30 to ...