title: Extensive white piedra of the scalp caused by Trichosporon inkin: A case report and review of literature.
abstract: Trichosporon species cause wide varieties of fungal infections. White piedra, a superficial fungal infection on the hair shaft, is caused by Trichosporon species. We report here a case of white piedra over the scalp due to T. inkin, a rarely isolated pathogen from such a lesion. The identification of the fungus was confirmed on the basis of morphology, carbohydrate assimilation tests, and sequencing of the ITS region of rDNA. The available literature on infections due to T. inkin is also reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Shivaprakash
authors.forename: Gagandeep
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Prerna
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Manpreet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dhaliwal
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kanwar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chakrabarti
mesh_terms: D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D010802:Phylogeny; D010854:Piedra / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D012535:Scalp / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014250:Trichosporon / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer