Table 2. Cases of Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII infections in Europe, 2014–2019*.
| Reference | Year | Location | Age, y/sex | No. cases | Tinea genitalis |
Tinea corporis/ inguinalis | Tinea faciei/ barbae |
Tinea glutealis |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (4) |
2014 | Zurich, Switzerland |
27/F | NA | Yes | Yes | No | No | Sexual intercourse 1–2 wk before symptom onset, Southeast Asia; similar lesions in 1 sex partner |
| 2014 | 24/M | NA | Yes | Yes | No | No | |||
| 2014 |
31/M |
NA |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
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| (13) |
2014 |
St. Petersburg, Russia |
ND |
NA |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
None |
| (5) |
ND |
Germany |
ND/F |
NA |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Lesions appeared after return from travel in Egypt; indirect transmission was suspected |
| (8) |
ND |
Germany |
ND/M |
NA |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Sexual intercourse with female sex workers in Thailand; secondary case in wife’s patient
(tinea faciei) |
| (6) |
2016– 2017 |
Berlin, Germany |
20–40/ mostly young men |
37 |
Most frequent presentation
was tinea genitalis |
4/18 persons traveled in Southeast Asia 5/18 persons had sex partner with similar lesions |
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| (9) |
2016 | Zurich, Switzerland |
21/M | NA | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | None |
| 2016 | 33/F | NA | Yes | Yes | No | No | |||
| 2018 | 65/M | NA | No | No | Yes | No | |||
| 2018 |
50/M |
NA |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
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| (7) | 2010– 2019 | Athens, Greece |
ND | 4 | Yes | No | No | No | None |
*NA, not applicable; ND, no data.