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Volume 29, Number 7—July 2023
Dispatch

Sexually Transmitted Trichophyton mentagrophytes Genotype VII Infection among Men Who Have Sex with Men

Arnaud JabetComments to Author , Sarah Dellière, Sophie Seang, Aziza Chermak, Luminita Schneider, Thibault Chiarabini, Alexandre Teboul, Geoffroy Hickman, Alizée Bozonnat, Cécile Brin, Marion Favier, Yanis Tamzali, François Chasset, Stéphane Barete, Samia Hamane, Mazzouz Benderdouche, Alicia Moreno-Sabater, Eric Dannaoui, Christophe Hennequin, Arnaud Fekkar, Renaud Piarroux, Anne-Cécile Normand, and Gentiane Monsel
Author affiliations: Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (A. Jabet, S. Dellière, S. Seang, A. Chermak, L. Schneider, T. Chiarabini, A. Teboul, G. Hickman, A. Bozonnat, C. Brin, M. Favier, Y. Tamzali, F. Chasset, S. Barete, S. Hamane, M. Benderdouche, A. Moreno-Sabater, E. Dannaoui, C. Hennequin, A. Fekkar, R. Piarroux, A.-C. Normand, G. Monsel); Université de Paris, Paris, France (S. Dellière, E. Dannaoui); Sorbonne Université, Paris, France (F. Chasset, A. Moreno-Sabater, C, Hennequin, A. Fekkar, R. Piarroux)

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Table 2

Cases of Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII infections in Europe, 2014–2019*

Reference Year Location Age, y/sex No. cases Tinea
genitalis		 Tinea corporis/ inguinalis Tinea
faciei/ barbae		 Tinea
glutealis		 Comments
(4)
 2014 Zurich,
Switzerland
 27/F NA Yes Yes No No Sexual intercourse
1–2 wk before symptom onset,
Southeast Asia; similar lesions in 1 sex partner
2014 24/M NA Yes Yes No No
2014
 31/M
 NA
 Yes
 No
 No
 No
(13)
 2014
 St. Petersburg,
Russia
 ND
 NA
 No
 Yes
 No
 No
 None
(5)
 ND
 Germany
 ND/F
 NA
 Yes
 Yes
 No
 No
 Lesions appeared after return from travel in Egypt; indirect transmission was suspected
(8)
 ND
 Germany
 ND/M
 NA
 No
 No
 Yes
 No
 Sexual intercourse with female sex workers in Thailand; secondary case in wife’s patient 
(tinea faciei)
(6)
 2016–
2017
 Berlin, Germany
 20–40/ mostly young men
 37
 Most frequent presentation 
was tinea genitalis
 4/18 persons traveled in Southeast Asia
5/18 persons had sex partner with similar lesions
(9)
 2016 Zurich,
Switzerland
 21/M NA Yes Yes Yes No None
2016 33/F NA Yes Yes No No
2018 65/M NA No No Yes No
2018
 50/M
 NA
 No
 No
 Yes
 No
(7) 2010– 2019 Athens,
Greece		 ND 4 Yes No No No None

*NA, not applicable; ND, no data.

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