Nodules on the hair: A rare case of mixed piedra

Khatu, Swapna S; Poojary, Shital; Nagpur, Niranjan G

doi:10.4103/0974-7753.130421

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“…Trichosporon species has been identified as the causative agent in all reported cases from India; however, all cases were from tropical regions (South India and Chandigarh). [78910] Ours is the first case from a temperate region. A definite relationship between the yeast causing white piedra and geographic location needs to be ascertained in future studies.…”

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A rare case of white piedra caused by Candida parapsilosis in the Sub-Himalayan Region of North India

Sharma¹,

Verma²,

Verma³

et al. 2019

Int J Trichol

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White piedra is a superficial fungal infection of the hair shaft, caused by Trichosporon , a noncandidal yeast characterized by the presence of numerous, discrete, asymptomatic nodules attached to the infected hair shafts. White piedra is considered a disease of tropical regions and occasionally reported from temperate countries. Although Candida parapsilosis such as Candida albicans is well known to cause cutaneous infections, it has been reported as a co-isolate for white piedra along with Trichosporon . We report a case of white piedra from a temperate region caused by C. parapsilosis .

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