Two people have been infected with the first US cases of a contagious drug-resistant fungal disease.
According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), two unnamed patients, aged 28 and 47, have been diagnosed with the first US known cases of the drug-resistant ringworm, called tinea.
Symptoms presented as lesions on their neck, buttocks, thighs and stomach as experts heed that fungal infections are being seen more due to warmer climates and resistant medications.
