The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday, (May 14), confirmed the first known cases of an antifungal-resistant ringworm in the United States.

At first it was heavily denied that any case was in the United States, even up to last week.

According to reports, details of the cases were reported to the CDC in February and shared in a report published last Thursday.

CDC says the patients include, two unrelated women in New York City – first had symptoms in 2021 and 2022. One patient had no international travel history, suggesting that there is some community spread in the US.

It says, the infections were caused by Trichophyton indotineae, which is a recently discovered fungus.

Relating to this, cases were first concentrated in patients in South Asia, but they have also been found in countries in Europe and now in the US.

The center is urging health providers to be on the lookout for the infections and safeguard their patients and self.