Open AccessWhite Piedra: Clinical, Mycological, and Therapeutic Experience of Fourteen Cases
Author(s) -
Alexandro Bonifáz,
Andrés TiradoSánchez,
Javier Santibáñez,
Alejandra Rodríguez-Leviz,
Daniela Guzmán-Sánchez,
Selene Gutiérrez-Mendoza,
Laura Castrejón
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
skin appendage disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2296-9195
pISSN - 2296-9160
DOI - 10.1159/000493374
Subject(s) - white (mutation) , medicine , dermatology , biology , biochemistry , gene
White piedra (WP) is an asymptomatic superficial mycosis that affects the hair stems, forming whitish nodules caused by various species of the genus Trichosporon .