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Simulating a travel-related origin of in New York-New Jersey.

Microbiol Spectr

December 2024

Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA.

Unlabelled: first appeared in the United States in 2013 in New York-New Jersey (NY-NJ) and led to an unprecedented outbreak since 2016. We hypothesized ' introduction to NY-NJ was not a random event but related to travel patterns between South Asia and NY-NJ. New York City is a US hub for international passengers, including those from South Asia.

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Importance: Trichophyton indotineae is an emerging dermatophyte causing outbreaks of extensive tinea infections often unresponsive to terbinafine. This species has been detected worldwide and in multiple US states, yet detailed US data on infections with T indotineae are sparse and could improve treatment practices and medical understanding of transmission.

Objective: To correlate clinical features of T indotineae infections with in vitro antifungal susceptibility testing results, squalene epoxidase gene sequence variations, and isolate relatedness using whole-genome sequencing.

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is a recently recognized human pathogen, with most cases of the infection being reported in the immunocompromised. We here describe the case of a critically ill elderly woman with COVID-19 who developed a bloodstream infection from a femoral central venous catheter. was also isolated from her respiratory secretions.

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