Open AccessWhite piedra in a mother and daughter
Author(s) -
Anupama S Roshan,
C Janaki,
B Parveen
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of trichology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.494
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 0974-9241
pISSN - 0974-7753
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7753.58559
Subject(s) - daughter , white (mutation) , trichosporon , medicine , dermatology , biology , genetics , evolutionary biology , gene , yeast
White Piedra is a superficial fungal infection of the hair caused by Trichosporon asahii. It is also known as trichomycosis nodosa or trichomycosis nodularis. We report two cases of White Piedra in a mother and her daughter for the rarity of such occurrence.