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Volume 32, Number 6—June 2026

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Suspected Sexual Transmission of Dermatophilosis among Men Who Have Sex with Men, Lyon and Paris, France, 2025–2026

Matthieu DegrezeComments to Author , François Durupt, Marine Ibranosyan, Anne-Lise Maucotel, Audrey Lapendry, Laurie Gouillon, Matthieu Godinot, and Maxime Bonjour
Author affiliation: Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (M. Degreze, F. Durupt, M. Ibranosyan, A.-L. Maucotel, A. Lapendry, L. Gouillon, M. Godinot, M. Bonjour); Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, UMR CNRS 5558, Villeurbanne, France (M. Bonjour)

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Figure 1

Dermatophilosis lesions in patients in cluster of suspected sexual transmission of dermatophilosis among men who have sex with men, Lyon and Paris, France, 2025–2026. A) Papular lesions of the neck and torso in patient 1. B) Folliculitis of the beard in patient 2. C) Papules of the groin and scrotum in patient 3. D) Papulopustular lesions of the buttocks during second occurrence in patient 1.

Figure 1. Dermatophilosis lesions in patients in cluster of suspected sexual transmission of dermatophilosis among men who have sex with men, Lyon and Paris, France, 2025–2026. A) Papular lesions of the neck and torso in patient 1. B) Folliculitis of the beard in patient 2. C) Papules of the groin and scrotum in patient 3. D) Papulopustular lesions of the buttocks during second occurrence in patient 1.

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