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Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol
; 2016 May-June; 82(3): 335-337
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-178214
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Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol
; 2015 Mar-Apr; 81(2): 221-223
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-158354
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Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol
; 2014 Nov-Dec; 80(6): 551-553
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-154909
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Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol
; 2009 May-June; 75(3): 293-295
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-140353
ABSTRACT
White piedra is a superficial fungal infection of the hair shaft, caused by Trichosporon beigelii . We report two cases of white piedra presenting as brown palpable nodules along the hair shaft with a fragility of scalp hairs. T. beigelii was demonstrated in hair culture of both the patients and T. ovoides as a species was confirmed on carbohydrate assimilation test. The first patient responded to oral itraconazole and topical ketoconazole, with a decrease in the palpability of nodules and fragility of scalp hairs at the end of two months.