title: White piedra and Trichosporon beigelii: the incidence in patients attending a clinic in genitourinary medicine.
abstract: To assess the occurrence of white piedra and the asymptomatic carriage rate of T beigelii, 100 heterosexual and 49 homosexual/bisexual men were entered into the study. White piedra of the scrotal hair was discovered in a total of four (2.7%) patients (two heterosexual, one homosexual and one bisexual), while in addition a positive scrotal culture for T beigelii was noted in a further seven (4.8%) patients (four heterosexual and three homosexual). Rectal carriage rates were 1% in the heterosexual and 4% in the homosexual/bisexual groups, while there was no pharyngeal carriage in either group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genitourinary Medicine, General Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walzman
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Leeming
mesh_terms: D006197:Hair / Q000382:microbiology; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009181:Mycoses / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010854:Piedra / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012007:Rectum / Q000382:microbiology; D012611:Scrotum / Q000382:microbiology; D014250:Trichosporon; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology