Clinical and mycological study of scalp white piedra in the State of Paraíba, Brazil.
White piedra is a superficial mycoses characterized by nodules on the hair shaft, caused by the basidiomycetous yeasts. In the present study, clinical and mycological findings of scalp white piedra caused by Trichosporon spp. are related. Twenty three cases of scalp white piedra were observed with a high incidence in women (87%) and preschool children from 2 to 6 (74%) years old. These groups presented a relationship of dependence with this infection. Despite the low socio-economic status, poor standards of hygiene, (48% of the patients) as well as the fact that 30.4% of the children shared the same nursery, these factors were not significant for the transmission of the mycosis. These were the first reports of scalp white piedra in João Pessoa city, Paraíba, Brazil.
Pontes
Zélia Braz Vieira da Silva
ZB
Laboratório de Micologia, Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, 58038-910, Brasil. pesqccs@ccs.ufpb.br
Ramos
Adriano Lira
AL
Lima
Edeltrudes de Oliveira
Ede O
Guerra
Maria de Fátima de Lacerda
Mde F
Oliveira
Neuza Maria Cavalcante
NM
Santos
Jozemar Pereira dos
JP
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016010:Binomial Distribution; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010854:Piedra / Q000382:microbiology*; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000382:microbiology*; D014250:Trichosporon / Q000302:isolation & purification*