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Emerging Sexual Transmission of Trichophyton mentagrophytes Genotype VII Infections, United States
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Emerging Sexual Transmission of Trichophyton mentagrophytes Genotype VII Infections, United States

Priyanka Anand, Laura A S Quilter, Jessica Penney, Philip M Polgreen, Susan E Beekmann and Jeremy A W Gold
Emerging infectious diseases, Vol.31(10), pp.2064-2066
10/01/2025
DOI: 10.3201/eid3110.251056
PMCID: PMC12483111
PMID: 41017057
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Abstract

Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII (TMVII) is an emerging dermatophyte strain associated with sexual transmission among men who have sex with men. A hypothesis-generating query of US infectious diseases specialists found that 56% had heard of TMVII and 23% knew how to treat TMVII infections, underscoring a need for increased clinician education.Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII (TMVII) is an emerging dermatophyte strain associated with sexual transmission among men who have sex with men. A hypothesis-generating query of US infectious diseases specialists found that 56% had heard of TMVII and 23% knew how to treat TMVII infections, underscoring a need for increased clinician education.

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