Sexually Transmitted Dermatophytes Can Cause Severe Infection Among Men who Have Sex With Men as Tinea Genitalis

David Chromy; Anthea-Margaux Osmers; Wolfgang Michael Bauer; Veronique Touzeau-Roemer; Carina Borst; Stefan Esser; Wolfgang Weninger; Birgit Willinger; Katharina Grabmeier-Pfistershammer

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofad519

Sexually Transmitted Dermatophytes Can Cause Severe Infection Among Men who Have Sex With Men as Tinea Genitalis

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Nov 17;10(11):ofad519. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofad519. eCollection 2023 Nov.

Authors

David Chromy^{1

2}, Anthea-Margaux Osmers¹, Wolfgang Michael Bauer¹, Veronique Touzeau-Roemer¹, Carina Borst¹, Stefan Esser², Wolfgang Weninger¹, Birgit Willinger³, Katharina Grabmeier-Pfistershammer¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
² Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
³ Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Abstract

Very limited data on tinea genitalis, a potentially severe dermatophytosis transmitted during sexual intercourse affecting the genital area, suggest its potential to cause outbreaks. Thus, we investigated genital dermatophyte infections at an HIV/sexually transmitted infection clinic and identified 17 men who have sex with men (all people with HIV or pre-exposure prophylaxis users) diagnosed with tinea genitalis.

Keywords: HIV; PrEP; men who have sex with men; tinea genitalis.