Piedraia hortae

Piedraia hortae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi Division: Ascomycota Genus: Piedraia Species: hortae

Piedraia hortae is a species of Piedraia. It is the cause of black piedra.^[1]

References

1. ^ Schwartz RA (2004). "Superficial fungal infections". Lancet 364 (9440): 1173–82. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17107-9. PMID 15451228. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140-6736(04)17107-9. 

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v • d • e Infectious diseases · Mycoses and Mesomycetozoea (B35-B49, 110-118) Superficial and cutaneous (dermatomycosis): Tinea=skin; Piedra (exothrix/endothrix)=hair Ascomycota Dermatophytosis By location Tinea barbae/Tinea capitis (Kerion) · Tinea corporis (Ringworm) · Tinea cruris · Tinea manuum · Tinea pedis (Athlete's foot) · Tinea unguium/Onychomycosis By organism Epidermophyton · Microsporum · Trichophyton Other Hortaea werneckii (Tinea nigra) · Piedraia hortae (Black piedra) Basidiomycota Malassezia furfur (Tinea versicolor) · Trichosporon beigelii (White piedra) Subcutaneous, systemic, and opportunistic Ascomycota Dimorphic (yeast+mold) Onygenales Coccidioides immitis/Coccidioides posadasii (Coccidioidomycosis) · Histoplasma capsulatum (Histoplasmosis) · Lacazia loboi (Lobo's disease) · Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (Paracoccidioidomycosis) Other Blastomyces dermatitidis (Blastomycosis) · Sporothrix schenckii (Sporotrichosis) · Penicillium marneffei (Penicilliosis) Yeast-like Candida albicans (Candidiasis, Oral, Esophageal, Chronic mucocutaneous) · C. glabrata · C. tropicalis · C. lusitaniae · Pneumocystis jirovecii (Pneumocystis pneumonia) Mold-like Aspergillus (Aspergillosis, Aspergilloma, Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis) · Exophiala jeanselmei (Maduromycosis, Mycetoma, Eumycetoma) · Fonsecaea pedrosoi/Fonsecaea compacta/Phialophora verrucosa (Chromoblastomycosis) · Geotrichum candidum (Geotrichosis) · Pseudallescheria boydii (Allescheriasis) Basidiomycota Cryptococcus neoformans (Cryptococcosis) Zygomycota (Zygomycosis) Mucorales (Mucormycosis) Rhizopus oryzae · Mucor indicus · Absidia corymbifera · Syncephalastrum racemosum Entomophthorales (Entomophthoramycosis) Basidiobolus ranarum (Basidiobolomycosis) · Conidiobolus coronatus/Conidiobolus incongruus (Conidiobolomycosis) Microsporidia (Microsporidiosis) Enterocytozoon bieneusi/Encephalitozoon intestinalis Mesomycetozoea Rhinosporidium seeberi (Rhinosporidiosis) see also drugs

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