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. 2014 Aug;178(1-2):85-9.
doi: 10.1007/s11046-014-9750-8. Epub 2014 Jun 21.

Trichosporon inkin: an uncommon agent of scalp white piedra. Report of four cases in Brazilian children

Olga Fischman  1 , Fabiane Castilho Bezerra, Elaine Cristina Francisco, Flávia Cristina da Silva, Angela Satie Nishikaku, Sarah Desirée Barbosa Cavalcanti, Analy Salles de Azevedo Melo, Henri Donnarumma Levy Bentubo, Valéria Petri
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Trichosporon inkin: an uncommon agent of scalp white piedra. Report of four cases in Brazilian children

Olga Fischman et al. Mycopathologia. 2014 Aug.

Abstract

We report four cases of scalp white piedra (SWP) in Brazilian female children. Morphological and physiological approaches gave inconsistent results for identifying Trichosporon to species level, while the sequencing of the intergenic spacer 1 region of ribosomal DNA accurately identified the agent of SWP as T. inkin. These cases emphasize the occurrence of this species causing this type of infection. The molecular identification of the suspected agent is needed for appropriate epidemiological surveillance of superficial mycoses caused by Trichosporon species.

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