A new strain of drug-resistant fungus that causes ringworm has been ... hair and nails. A strain of dermatophyte - trichophyton indotineae- that is often resistant to treatment has been spreading ...

Dermatophyte skin infections are the most frequent ... Lesions may become secondarily infected with fungus or bacteria (such as staphylococcus aureus), and will appear boggy and raised, with ...

GPs are failing to spot the symptoms of a drug-resistant ‘super-fungus’ thought to be spreading throughout the UK, experts have warned. Cases of the contagious infection have been reported in ...