Trichosporon inkin and Trichosporon mucoides as unusual causes of white piedra of scalp hair
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Co-isolation of Trichosporon inkin and Candida parapsilosis from a scalp white piedra case.
White piedra is a rare fungal infection of the hair shaft characterized by small, firm, irregular white-brown nodules. The infection is caused by basidiomycetous yeasts in the genus Trichosporon. We report a case of a 28-year-old female patient who acquired the infection in Qatar. In this case, the scalp was the only site affected, but infection at that site was extensive. The hair had a Saccha...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0378-6323
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.136896