{"title":"Autochthonous transmission of <i>Trichophyton indotineae</i> through sexual contact, France, 2024.","authors":"Arnaud Jabet, Thibault Chiarabini, Christophe Hennequin, Fabrice Bouscarat, Nadia Valin, Romuald Cruchet, Nicolas Boo, Johan Chanal, Christine Schuttler, Myriam Kirstetter, Anne-Cécile Normand, Arnaud Fekkar, Valérie Pourcher, Renaud Piarroux, Gentiane Monsel","doi":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2025.30.26.2500416","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Trichophyton indotineae</i> is an emerging difficult to diagnose dermatophyte species associated with terbinafine resistance, which was initially described in South-Asian and Middle-Eastern countries. We report four cases of sexually transmitted dermatophytosis caused by <i>T. indotineae</i> in two female sex-workers, including one transgender woman, and two men who have sex with men. All four cases were acquired in Europe, highlighting the risk of pathogen spread through sexual contact outside initial endemic areas.</p>","PeriodicalId":12161,"journal":{"name":"Eurosurveillance","volume":"30 26","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12231373/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Eurosurveillance","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2025.30.26.2500416","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"INFECTIOUS DISEASES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Trichophyton indotineae is an emerging difficult to diagnose dermatophyte species associated with terbinafine resistance, which was initially described in South-Asian and Middle-Eastern countries. We report four cases of sexually transmitted dermatophytosis caused by T. indotineae in two female sex-workers, including one transgender woman, and two men who have sex with men. All four cases were acquired in Europe, highlighting the risk of pathogen spread through sexual contact outside initial endemic areas.
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Eurosurveillance is a European peer-reviewed journal focusing on the epidemiology, surveillance, prevention, and control of communicable diseases relevant to Europe.It is a weekly online journal, with 50 issues per year published on Thursdays. The journal includes short rapid communications, in-depth research articles, surveillance reports, reviews, and perspective papers. It excels in timely publication of authoritative papers on ongoing outbreaks or other public health events. Under special circumstances when current events need to be urgently communicated to readers for rapid public health action, e-alerts can be released outside of the regular publishing schedule. Additionally, topical compilations and special issues may be provided in PDF format.