White piedra

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White piedra
ICD-10	B 36.2
ICD-9	111.2
DiseasesDB	31871
MeSH	D010854

White piedra (or tinea blanca) is a mycosis of the hair associated with Trichosporon beigelii and is characterized by nodules composed of hyphae that encompass hair shaft .

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Infectious diseases - Mycoses (B35-B49, 110-118)

Superficial and
cutaneous

Tinea (skin)

Dermatophytosis	ascomycota: Tinea barbae/Tinea capitis (Kerion) - Tinea corporis (Ringworm) - Tinea cruris - Tinea manuum - Tinea pedis (Athlete's foot) - Tinea unguium/Onychomycosis
Other	ascomycota: Exophiala (Tinea nigra) basidiomycota: Malassezia (Tinea versicolor)

Piedra (hair)
exothrix/endothrix

Trichosporon (White piedra) - Piedraia (Black piedra)

Subcutaneous,
systemic,
and opportunistic

Dimorphic fungi	ascomycota: Coccidioidomycosis - Histoplasmosis - Blastomycosis/Lobo's disease - Paracoccidioidomycosis - Sporotrichosis
Yeast-like	ascomycota: Candidiasis (Oral, Esophageal, Chronic mucocutaneous) - Pneumocystis (Pneumocystis pneumonia) basidiomycota: Cryptococcosis
Mold-like/filamentous	mitosporic fungi: Aspergillosis (Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis) zygomycota: Zygomycosis unknown/multiple: Chromoblastomycosis - Mycetoma (Eumycetoma, Maduromycosis)
Other/unsorted	ascomycota: Geotrichum Penicilliosis