There's a new sexually transmitted venereal disease patient again...It's hard to treat, and it's highly infectious
Mar 05, 2025
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A research team at the National Capodystrian University School of Medicine in Greece recently published cases of sexually transmitted infections and treatments of 36-year-old male patients in the famous journal 『International Journal of Medicine』.
According to the research team, the patient visited the Capodystrian Medical Center after suspected sexually transmitted diseases due to itchy red rashes on his hips, abdomen, and armpits. He said similar lesions appeared in same-sex lovers.
Tests showed that they were infected with type 'Tricopyton mentagrophytes type VII' (TMVII, Trichopyton mentagrophytes type VII).
This disease is a new infectious disease that is transmitted through sexual intercourse, and it is known that it takes more than a month to treat it. Treatment is performed by taking several drugs and injection therapy.
Although not fatal, it can leave permanent scars or pigmentation on infected skin areas.
The patient and his partner showed improvement after about 6 weeks of treatment.
The medical team explained that "Tricopyton mentagropites is a type of dermatophyte that infects the skin, nails, and hair of humans and animals. Recently, cases of human-to-human transmission through sexual contact have been reported."," he said.
It can also infect the skin, hair, nails, groin, or anus area, and it can also be infected through contaminated environments such as showers and public barbershops.
Medical staff warned that ordinary people could mistake it for eczema and leave the treatment unattended for months.
Prior to this, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported in a report last year that men who had same-sex sex are increasingly suffering from TMVII.
According to the report, all four identified male patients were gay or bisexual in their 30s and had several recent male sex partners.
Dr. John Zampela, a professor of medicine at New York University, said, `Because patients are often reluctant to talk about genital problems, doctors need to ask directly about the rashes around the groin and hips"Especially for those who have active sex life, have recently traveled abroad, and complain of itching in other parts of the body," he stressed.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
