White piedra: molecular identification of Trichosporon inkin in members of the same family

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Virgínia Bodelão Richini-Pereira, Rosângela Maria Pires de Camargo, Eduardo Bagagli, Silvio Alencar Marques
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2012
• Subjects: Trichosporon inkin; Piedra; PCR; Casos familiares; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822012000300025; https://doaj.org/article/6b7c35096e324417b2ef8cc1be523efb

INTRODUCTION: White piedra is a superficial mycosis caused by the genus Trichosporon and characterized by nodules on hair shaft. METHODS: The authors report a family referred to as pediculosis. Mycological culture on Mycosel® plus molecular identification was performed to precisely identify the etiology. RESULTS: A Trichosporon spp. infection was revealed. The molecular procedure identified the agent as Trichosporon inkin. CONCLUSIONS: White piedra and infection caused by T. inkin are rarely reported in Southern Brazil. The molecular tools are essentials on identifying the Trichosporon species.