Terbinafine-resistant Trichophyton indotineae causing extensive dermatophytosis in a returning traveller, London, United Kingdom.

Abstract

Severe and antifungal-resistant dermatophyte infections are a growing global public health concern. Trichophyton indotineae, a novel dermatophyte species, has caused an epidemic of severe, difficult-to-treat and recalcitrant dermatophytoses in India and South Asia, where it is now common. We present a case of terbinafine-resistant T. indotineae in London, UK, causing extensive dermatophytosis associated with recent travel to Latin America, outside the previously reported risk area.