title: Trichosporosis (white piedra). A case report from Finald.
abstract: A 25-year-old Finnish male had had brownish-black nodules along the shafts of his scrotal hair for a period of 1 1/2 years. From the clinical appearance, piedra was suspected. Fungal culture demonstrated Trichosporum cutanum (T. Beigelii) and a diagnosis of white piedra was made. The patient has never been outside the boundaries of Finland.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005387:Finland; D006197:Hair / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010854:Piedra / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology