White piedra: report of a case evaluated by scanning electron microscopy

Lassus, A.; Kanerva, L.; Stubb, S.; Salonen, A.

Archives of Dermatology 118(3): 208-211

1982


ISSN/ISBN: 0003-987X
PMID: 7065673
Document Number: 187063
A case of infection of the scrotal hairs by Trichosporon beigelii is reported in a 27-yr-old man, who had not travelled outside Finland for several yr, but who had a sexual contact with a woman from a foreign country. This is only the 2nd case of white piedra reported from Finland. The patient was cured by cutting all the hairs in the affected region.

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