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Either of two diseases resulting from fungal infection of the hair shafts. Black piedra occurs mainly in and on the hairs of the scalp and is caused by Piedraia hortae; white piedra occurs in and on the hairs of the scalp, beard, moustache and genital areas and is caused by Trichosporon species.
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- Piedras
- Black Piedra
- White Piedra
- Black Piedras
- Piedra, Black
- Piedra, White
- Piedras, Black
- Piedras, White
- White Piedras
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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91(75); was see under MYCOSES 1975-90
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- National Library of Medicine. Piedra. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010854. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010854
- Piedra. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedra
- Piedra. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10863066