Cepholosporium acremonium. A new strain of fungus causing white piedra.
A strain of fungus (CZ408) was isolated from white piedra of a female child. Mycological identification showed that it is the first case in the world. Asymptomatic white nodules were noted on the hair of the scalp, and they were distributed irregularly along the shaft 4-10 cm from the scalp. The nodules, hard, not easily broken or removed, consist of hyphae, spores and metabolic materials around the hair. Oral antimycotic drugs are effective in treating this disease.
Liao
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WQ
Department of Dermatology, Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai.
Xue
Y S
YS
Chen
P M
PM
Xu
D Q
DQ
Zhang
J Z
JZ
Chen
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QT
D000164:Acremonium / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D010854:Piedra / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology