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A Rare Case of White Piedra Caused by Candida parapsilosis in the Sub-Himalayan Region of North India

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 repo...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Reena Kumari, Verma, Ghanshyam K., Verma, Santwana, Thakur, Saru, Gupta, Anumeha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6463451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31007477
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_25_18
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Sumario: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.