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A Rare Case of White Piedra Caused by Candida orthopsilosis

2025-04-28

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Objectives White piedra (WP) is a fungal infection that affects hair shafts, resulting in the formation of soft nodules that can be white, gray, or brown. While it was initially believed to be caused by <italic>Trichosporon beigelii</italic>, genetic analysis has reclassified <italic>Trichosporon inkin</italic>, <italic>T. ovoides</italic>, and <italic>T. cutaneum</italic>, as the prim...

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Literature Corpus work: 8cc99c2a-60f6-5ab4-ab61-69d5e987fec3
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5819410/v1

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