Onychomycosis by Trichosporon Inkin: A Rare Clinical Entity

Trichosporon species are basidiomycetous yeasts that are widely distributed in the nature and regularly found on normal skin. The cylinder-shaped arthroconidia forming yeast has undergone a major taxonomic reclassification with Trichosporon inkin associated with white piedra of hair shafts. Here in...

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Main Authors: Charu Jain, Ravinder Kaur, Deepti Rawat, Suraiya K Ansari
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Language:English
Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
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Online Access:https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/11139/31684_CE(Ra1)_F(SS)_PF1(AD_AJ_GG)_PFA(MJ_AP)_PN(AP).pdf
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description Trichosporon species are basidiomycetous yeasts that are widely distributed in the nature and regularly found on normal skin. The cylinder-shaped arthroconidia forming yeast has undergone a major taxonomic reclassification with Trichosporon inkin associated with white piedra of hair shafts. Here in we report a rare case of onychomycosis in an otherwise healthy adult.
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spelling doaj.art-372a167e08ca4440bacba7da6e0812292022-12-22T00:42:26ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2018-01-01121DD01DD0210.7860/JCDR/2018/31684.11139Onychomycosis by Trichosporon Inkin: A Rare Clinical EntityCharu Jain0Ravinder Kaur1Deepti Rawat2Suraiya K Ansari3Senior Resident, Department of Microbiology, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, Delhi, India.Director Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, Delhi, India.Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, Delhi, India.Senior Resident, Department of Microbiology, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, Delhi, India.Trichosporon species are basidiomycetous yeasts that are widely distributed in the nature and regularly found on normal skin. The cylinder-shaped arthroconidia forming yeast has undergone a major taxonomic reclassification with Trichosporon inkin associated with white piedra of hair shafts. Here in we report a rare case of onychomycosis in an otherwise healthy adult.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/11139/31684_CE(Ra1)_F(SS)_PF1(AD_AJ_GG)_PFA(MJ_AP)_PN(AP).pdfappressoriablastoconidiasarcinae
spellingShingle Charu Jain
Ravinder Kaur
Deepti Rawat
Suraiya K Ansari
Onychomycosis by Trichosporon Inkin: A Rare Clinical Entity
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
appressoria
blastoconidia
sarcinae
title Onychomycosis by Trichosporon Inkin: A Rare Clinical Entity
title_full Onychomycosis by Trichosporon Inkin: A Rare Clinical Entity
title_fullStr Onychomycosis by Trichosporon Inkin: A Rare Clinical Entity
title_full_unstemmed Onychomycosis by Trichosporon Inkin: A Rare Clinical Entity
title_short Onychomycosis by Trichosporon Inkin: A Rare Clinical Entity
title_sort onychomycosis by trichosporon inkin a rare clinical entity
topic appressoria
blastoconidia
sarcinae
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