White Piedra

Patterson, Jarrold C.; Laine, Sylvia L.; Taylor, William B.

doi:10.1001/archderm.1962.01590040098018

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“…In tropical climates it more commonly affects the scalp, while in temperate climates, the moustache, beard, and pubic hair are more commonly infected (Taplin & Rebell, 1979a). As with our patient, there have been numerous previous reports of infection confined to the scrotum (Patterson, Laine & Taylor, 1962;Londero, Ramos & Fischman, 1966;Kotovirta, Stubb & Salonen, 1975;Smith et al, 1973;Fischman, Pires De Camargo & Meireles, 1980;Benson et al, 1983). Our patient was also noted to have a Trichophyton rubrum infection of his left hand and both feet.…”

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White piedra-a case report and review of the literature

Steinman

Pappenfort

1984

Clin Exp Dermatol

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Summary White piedra (trichosporosis) is an unusual fungal infection of hair characterised by the presence of numerous, discrete, soft, asymptomatic nodules attached to the infected hair shafts. It may occur on the scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes, beard, axilla, or in the groin (Smith, Murtishaw & McBride, 1973; Taplin & Rebell, 1979a), although most infections occur on the face or scalp (Smith et al., 1973). Caused by the yeast‐like fungus Trichosporon beigelii, white piedra was first described in London (Beigel, 1865), and has since been reported in Europe, North and South America, and Asia (Scott, 1951; Benson, Lapins & Odom, 1983). Successful treatment of white piedra has been achieved with simple hair clipping and with the use of various topical medications. To our knowledge, there have been no reports of successful treatment with the use of topically applied imidazole preparations. We report a case of white piedra confined to the scrotum that responded to topical clotrimazole lotion.

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