White Piedra in a Mother and Daughter

White Piedra is a superficial fungal infection of the hair caused by Trichosporon asahii. It is also known as trichomycosis nodosa or trichomycosis nodularis. We report two cases of White Piedra in a mother and her daughter for the rarity of such occurrence.

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Autores principales: Roshan, Anupama S, Janaki, C, Parveen, B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2938578/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20927238
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.58559
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Janaki, C
Parveen, B
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description White Piedra is a superficial fungal infection of the hair caused by Trichosporon asahii. It is also known as trichomycosis nodosa or trichomycosis nodularis. We report two cases of White Piedra in a mother and her daughter for the rarity of such occurrence.
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spelling pubmed-29385782010-10-06 White Piedra in a Mother and Daughter Roshan, Anupama S Janaki, C Parveen, B Int J Trichology Case Report White Piedra is a superficial fungal infection of the hair caused by Trichosporon asahii. It is also known as trichomycosis nodosa or trichomycosis nodularis. We report two cases of White Piedra in a mother and her daughter for the rarity of such occurrence. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC2938578/ /pubmed/20927238 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.58559 Text en © International Journal of Trichology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Roshan, Anupama S
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title_short White Piedra in a Mother and Daughter
title_sort white piedra in a mother and daughter
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2938578/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20927238
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.58559
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