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Trichosporon is a genus of anamorphic fungi in the family Trichosporonaceae. All species of Trichosporon are yeasts with no known teleomorphs (sexual states). Most are typically isolated from soil, but several species occur as a natural part of the skin microbiota of humans and other animals.
White piedra is caused by Trichosporon beigelii. [5] [6] White piedra can occur on the hair of the scalp; Trichosporon ovoides is likely the cause in this case. [7]White piedra on scalp hair is rarely caused by Trichosporon inkin; pubic hair with white piedra is what T. inkin is mainly associated with. [8]
Trichosporonosis is a systemic disease associated with fungi in the genus Trichosporon. It can appear in patients who are immunosuppressed. [1] Vaginal boric acid may be useful in the treatment of vaginal trichosporonosis. [2]
Another species known as Trichosporon biegelii is commonly known to cause white piedra. White piedra is more common in temperate and semitropical climates, [20] such as South America, Asia, Europe, Japan, and parts of the southern United States. Black piedra usually affects scalp hair, whereas white piedra is more commonly found in pubic hair ...
Trichosporon Vanrija. Synonyms; Asterotremellaceae Prillinger et al. (2007) The Trichosporonaceae are a family of fungi in the order Trichosporonales.
Species are only known from their yeast states, most of which were formerly referred to the genus Trichosporon. Twenty species have been described worldwide. [1] Apiotrichum mycotoxinivorans is an occasional human pathogen. [2]
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Trichosporon asahii is a non-Candida yeast that has been reported to cause infections in immunocompromised patients. [2] T. asahii is the most prominent human ...