NEW: Two cases of highly contagious, drug-resistant ringworm infections have been detected in New York City — the first such cases ever reported in the U.S., the CDC says.
The infection was first identified in a 47-year-old woman who had developed a bad case of ringworm, also known as tinea, while traveling in Bangladesh.
The woman's infection turned out to be caused by a relatively new species of ringworm-causing fungus, called. Over the past decade, infections from this drug-resistant fungus have spread rapidly in South Asia, likely driven by overuse of medications to treat them, including topical antifungals and corticosteroids, the CDC report said.
Neither woman had underlying health conditions that might increase their risk for drug-resistant infections. "We're always so focused on antimicrobial resistance as it relates to bacteria that we forget that those rules also apply to fungi," said Dr. Adam Friedman, professor and chair of dermatology at the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences.
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