Marques Silvio Alencar, Richini-Pereira Virgínia Bodelão, Camargo Rosângela Maria Pires de
Department of Dermatology and Radiotherapy, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho, SP, Brazil.
An Bras Dermatol. 2012 Sep-Oct;87(5):786-7. doi: 10.1590/s0365-05962012000500023.
White piedra is a superficial mycosis caused by the genus Trichosporon. It is characterized by nodules on the hair shaft. Pediculosis capitis is caused by Pediculus humanus var. capitis of the suborder Anoplura. Whereas pediculosis is a common infestation, clinical reports of white piedra are rare. Molecular biology procedures identified T. inkin as the agent of white piedra in this case report. The authors present associations between the two diseases in the same patient in order to highlight their clinical differences.
