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Image: Black piedra01.jpeg|Under a relatively-low magnification of 100X, this photomicrograph reveals some of the pathologic morphology displayed by a primate hair shaft indicative of the disease known as, “black piedra”, also known as “trichosporosis”, which is caused by the fungal organism, Piedraia hortae. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Black piedra03.jpeg| This is a photomicrograph of a hair shaft with a condition called “black piedra” due to Piedraia hortae. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Black piedra04.jpeg|This is a photomicrograph of the mycelium of the fungus Piedraia hortae, magnified 475X. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Black piedra05.jpeg|This is a plate culture of Piedraia hortae, strain A272. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist|2}} | ||
{{Mycoses}} | {{Mycoses}} | ||
[[Category:Fungal diseases]] | [[Category:Fungal diseases]] |
Latest revision as of 18:21, 11 June 2015
Piedra | |
ICD-9 | 111.2-111.3 |
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eMedicine | derm/788 |
MeSH | D010854 |
Piedra is a hair disease caused by a fungus.[1]
Types include:
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Under a relatively-low magnification of 100X, this photomicrograph reveals some of the pathologic morphology displayed by a primate hair shaft indicative of the disease known as, “black piedra”, also known as “trichosporosis”, which is caused by the fungal organism, Piedraia hortae. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]
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This is a photomicrograph of a hair shaft with a condition called “black piedra” due to Piedraia hortae. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]
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This is a photomicrograph of the mycelium of the fungus Piedraia hortae, magnified 475X. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]
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This is a plate culture of Piedraia hortae, strain A272. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]