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Volume 32, Number 6—June 2026

Dispatch

Suspected Sexual Transmission of Dermatophilosis among Men Who Have Sex with Men, Barcelona, Spain, 2025–2026

Vicente Descalzo1, Albert Moreno-Mingorance1, Patricia Álvarez-López, Paula Salmerón, Jorge N. García-Pérez, Ferran P. Pericás-Cladera, Jordi Arcarons, Guillem Puigsech-Boixeda, Ilaria Furlan, Ester del Barrio-Tofiño, Sol M. San José, Nieves Larrosa, Vicenç Falcó, Mayli LungComments to Author , Maider Arando2Comments to Author , and Juan José González-López2
Author affiliation: Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain (V. Descalzo, P. Álvarez-López, P. Salmerón, J.N. García-Pérez, F.P. Pericás-Cladera, J. Arcarons, G. Puigsech-Boixeda, I. Furlan, E. del Barrio-Tofiño, S.M. San José, N. Larrosa, V. Falcó, M. Lung, M. Arando, J.J. González-López); Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona (V. Descalzo, N. Larrosa, V. Falcó, M. Lung, M. Arando, J.J. González-López); Vall d’Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona (A. Moreno-Mingorance, P. Salmerón, F.P. Pericás-Cladera, G. Puigsech-Boixeda, E. del Barrio-Tofiño, S.M. San José, N. Larrosa, V. Falcó, M. Lung, J.J. González-López); CIBER of Infectious Diseases (CIBERINFEC), Madrid, Spain (A. Moreno-Mingorance, G. Puigsech-Boixeda, N. Larrosa, M. Lung, J.J. González-López)

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Figure 1

Dermatophilosis lesions in patients in cluster of suspected sexual transmission among men who have sex with men, Barcelona, Spain, December 2025–March 2026. A) Papule-pustules on the beard area; B) papulovesicular lesions on the penis and scrotum; C) pustular rash in the armpit; D) vesicle-pustules on the thigh; E) erythematous scaling papules on the beard area; F) erythematous scaling papules in the perianal region.

Figure 1. Dermatophilosis lesions in patients in cluster of suspected sexual transmission among men who have sex with men, Barcelona, Spain, December 2025–March 2026. A) Papule-pustules on the beard area; B) papulovesicular lesions on the penis and scrotum; C) pustular rash in the armpit; D) vesicle-pustules on the thigh; E) erythematous scaling papules on the beard area; F) erythematous scaling papules in the perianal region.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

2These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

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