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Piedra

MedGen UID:
45923
Concept ID:
C0031898
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Piedras
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0000253

Definition

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, mustache and genital areas and is caused by Trichosporon species. [from MONDO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPiedra

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Lan Y, Lu S, Zheng B, Tang Z, Li J, Zhang J
Lasers Surg Med 2021 Jul;53(5):722-730. Epub 2020 Nov 8 doi: 10.1002/lsm.23343. PMID: 33164224
Obana Y, Sano M, Jike T, Homma T, Nemoto N
Histopathology 2010 Feb;56(3):372-83. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2010.03477.x. PMID: 20459537
Gupta AK, Cooper EA, Ryder JE, Nicol KA, Chow M, Chaudhry MM
Am J Clin Dermatol 2004;5(4):225-37. doi: 10.2165/00128071-200405040-00003. PMID: 15301570

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Puente-Ruiz N, Docio P, Unzueta MTG, Lavín BA, Maiztegi A, Vega AI, Piedra M, Riancho-Zarrabeitia L, Mateos F, Gonzalez-Lamuño D, Valero C, Riancho JA
J Intern Med 2023 Jun;293(6):753-762. Epub 2023 Apr 16 doi: 10.1111/joim.13635. PMID: 36999651
Baden LR, El Sahly HM, Essink B, Kotloff K, Frey S, Novak R, Diemert D, Spector SA, Rouphael N, Creech CB, McGettigan J, Khetan S, Segall N, Solis J, Brosz A, Fierro C, Schwartz H, Neuzil K, Corey L, Gilbert P, Janes H, Follmann D, Marovich M, Mascola J, Polakowski L, Ledgerwood J, Graham BS, Bennett H, Pajon R, Knightly C, Leav B, Deng W, Zhou H, Han S, Ivarsson M, Miller J, Zaks T; COVE Study Group
N Engl J Med 2021 Feb 4;384(5):403-416. Epub 2020 Dec 30 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2035389. PMID: 33378609Free PMC Article
Madhi SA, Polack FP, Piedra PA, Munoz FM, Trenholme AA, Simões EAF, Swamy GK, Agrawal S, Ahmed K, August A, Baqui AH, Calvert A, Chen J, Cho I, Cotton MF, Cutland CL, Englund JA, Fix A, Gonik B, Hammitt L, Heath PT, de Jesus JN, Jones CE, Khalil A, Kimberlin DW, Libster R, Llapur CJ, Lucero M, Pérez Marc G, Marshall HS, Masenya MS, Martinón-Torres F, Meece JK, Nolan TM, Osman A, Perrett KP, Plested JS, Richmond PC, Snape MD, Shakib JH, Shinde V, Stoney T, Thomas DN, Tita AT, Varner MW, Vatish M, Vrbicky K, Wen J, Zaman K, Zar HJ, Glenn GM, Fries LF; Prepare Study Group
N Engl J Med 2020 Jul 30;383(5):426-439. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1908380. PMID: 32726529Free PMC Article
Rha B, Curns AT, Lively JY, Campbell AP, Englund JA, Boom JA, Azimi PH, Weinberg GA, Staat MA, Selvarangan R, Halasa NB, McNeal MM, Klein EJ, Harrison CJ, Williams JV, Szilagyi PG, Singer MN, Sahni LC, Figueroa-Downing D, McDaniel D, Prill MM, Whitaker BL, Stewart LS, Schuster JE, Pahud BA, Weddle G, Avadhanula V, Munoz FM, Piedra PA, Payne DC, Langley G, Gerber SI
Pediatrics 2020 Jul;146(1) Epub 2020 Jun 16 doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-3611. PMID: 32546583
Baker J, Block SL, Matharu B, Burleigh Macutkiewicz L, Wildum S, Dimonaco S, Collinson N, Clinch B, Piedra PA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 2020 Aug;39(8):700-705. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002747. PMID: 32516282Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Larenas-Linnemann D
Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 2023 Dec;23(12):655-664. Epub 2023 Dec 8 doi: 10.1007/s11882-023-01117-7. PMID: 38064133
Vidal-Cevallos P, Chávez-Tapia NC, Uribe M
Ann Hepatol 2022 Nov-Dec;27(6):100757. Epub 2022 Sep 14 doi: 10.1016/j.aohep.2022.100757. PMID: 36115576
Baden LR, El Sahly HM, Essink B, Kotloff K, Frey S, Novak R, Diemert D, Spector SA, Rouphael N, Creech CB, McGettigan J, Khetan S, Segall N, Solis J, Brosz A, Fierro C, Schwartz H, Neuzil K, Corey L, Gilbert P, Janes H, Follmann D, Marovich M, Mascola J, Polakowski L, Ledgerwood J, Graham BS, Bennett H, Pajon R, Knightly C, Leav B, Deng W, Zhou H, Han S, Ivarsson M, Miller J, Zaks T; COVE Study Group
N Engl J Med 2021 Feb 4;384(5):403-416. Epub 2020 Dec 30 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2035389. PMID: 33378609Free PMC Article
Rha B, Curns AT, Lively JY, Campbell AP, Englund JA, Boom JA, Azimi PH, Weinberg GA, Staat MA, Selvarangan R, Halasa NB, McNeal MM, Klein EJ, Harrison CJ, Williams JV, Szilagyi PG, Singer MN, Sahni LC, Figueroa-Downing D, McDaniel D, Prill MM, Whitaker BL, Stewart LS, Schuster JE, Pahud BA, Weddle G, Avadhanula V, Munoz FM, Piedra PA, Payne DC, Langley G, Gerber SI
Pediatrics 2020 Jul;146(1) Epub 2020 Jun 16 doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-3611. PMID: 32546583
Baker J, Block SL, Matharu B, Burleigh Macutkiewicz L, Wildum S, Dimonaco S, Collinson N, Clinch B, Piedra PA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 2020 Aug;39(8):700-705. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002747. PMID: 32516282Free PMC Article

Therapy

Larenas-Linnemann D
Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 2023 Dec;23(12):655-664. Epub 2023 Dec 8 doi: 10.1007/s11882-023-01117-7. PMID: 38064133
Baden LR, El Sahly HM, Essink B, Kotloff K, Frey S, Novak R, Diemert D, Spector SA, Rouphael N, Creech CB, McGettigan J, Khetan S, Segall N, Solis J, Brosz A, Fierro C, Schwartz H, Neuzil K, Corey L, Gilbert P, Janes H, Follmann D, Marovich M, Mascola J, Polakowski L, Ledgerwood J, Graham BS, Bennett H, Pajon R, Knightly C, Leav B, Deng W, Zhou H, Han S, Ivarsson M, Miller J, Zaks T; COVE Study Group
N Engl J Med 2021 Feb 4;384(5):403-416. Epub 2020 Dec 30 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2035389. PMID: 33378609Free PMC Article
Madhi SA, Polack FP, Piedra PA, Munoz FM, Trenholme AA, Simões EAF, Swamy GK, Agrawal S, Ahmed K, August A, Baqui AH, Calvert A, Chen J, Cho I, Cotton MF, Cutland CL, Englund JA, Fix A, Gonik B, Hammitt L, Heath PT, de Jesus JN, Jones CE, Khalil A, Kimberlin DW, Libster R, Llapur CJ, Lucero M, Pérez Marc G, Marshall HS, Masenya MS, Martinón-Torres F, Meece JK, Nolan TM, Osman A, Perrett KP, Plested JS, Richmond PC, Snape MD, Shakib JH, Shinde V, Stoney T, Thomas DN, Tita AT, Varner MW, Vatish M, Vrbicky K, Wen J, Zaman K, Zar HJ, Glenn GM, Fries LF; Prepare Study Group
N Engl J Med 2020 Jul 30;383(5):426-439. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1908380. PMID: 32726529Free PMC Article
Baker J, Block SL, Matharu B, Burleigh Macutkiewicz L, Wildum S, Dimonaco S, Collinson N, Clinch B, Piedra PA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 2020 Aug;39(8):700-705. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002747. PMID: 32516282Free PMC Article
Mazur NI, Higgins D, Nunes MC, Melero JA, Langedijk AC, Horsley N, Buchholz UJ, Openshaw PJ, McLellan JS, Englund JA, Mejias A, Karron RA, Simões EA, Knezevic I, Ramilo O, Piedra PA, Chu HY, Falsey AR, Nair H, Kragten-Tabatabaie L, Greenough A, Baraldi E, Papadopoulos NG, Vekemans J, Polack FP, Powell M, Satav A, Walsh EE, Stein RT, Graham BS, Bont LJ; Respiratory Syncytial Virus Network (ReSViNET) Foundation
Lancet Infect Dis 2018 Oct;18(10):e295-e311. Epub 2018 Jun 18 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30292-5. PMID: 29914800

Prognosis

Larenas-Linnemann D
Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 2023 Dec;23(12):655-664. Epub 2023 Dec 8 doi: 10.1007/s11882-023-01117-7. PMID: 38064133
Vidal-Cevallos P, Chávez-Tapia NC, Uribe M
Ann Hepatol 2022 Nov-Dec;27(6):100757. Epub 2022 Sep 14 doi: 10.1016/j.aohep.2022.100757. PMID: 36115576
Dunkle LM, Kotloff KL, Gay CL, Áñez G, Adelglass JM, Barrat Hernández AQ, Harper WL, Duncanson DM, McArthur MA, Florescu DF, McClelland RS, Garcia-Fragoso V, Riesenberg RA, Musante DB, Fried DL, Safirstein BE, McKenzie M, Jeanfreau RJ, Kingsley JK, Henderson JA, Lane DC, Ruíz-Palacios GM, Corey L, Neuzil KM, Coombs RW, Greninger AL, Hutter J, Ake JA, Smith K, Woo W, Cho I, Glenn GM, Dubovsky F; 2019nCoV-301 Study Group
N Engl J Med 2022 Feb 10;386(6):531-543. Epub 2021 Dec 15 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2116185. PMID: 34910859Free PMC Article
El Sahly HM, Baden LR, Essink B, Doblecki-Lewis S, Martin JM, Anderson EJ, Campbell TB, Clark J, Jackson LA, Fichtenbaum CJ, Zervos M, Rankin B, Eder F, Feldman G, Kennelly C, Han-Conrad L, Levin M, Neuzil KM, Corey L, Gilbert P, Janes H, Follmann D, Marovich M, Polakowski L, Mascola JR, Ledgerwood JE, Graham BS, August A, Clouting H, Deng W, Han S, Leav B, Manzo D, Pajon R, Schödel F, Tomassini JE, Zhou H, Miller J; COVE Study Group
N Engl J Med 2021 Nov 4;385(19):1774-1785. Epub 2021 Sep 22 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2113017. PMID: 34551225Free PMC Article
Baden LR, El Sahly HM, Essink B, Kotloff K, Frey S, Novak R, Diemert D, Spector SA, Rouphael N, Creech CB, McGettigan J, Khetan S, Segall N, Solis J, Brosz A, Fierro C, Schwartz H, Neuzil K, Corey L, Gilbert P, Janes H, Follmann D, Marovich M, Mascola J, Polakowski L, Ledgerwood J, Graham BS, Bennett H, Pajon R, Knightly C, Leav B, Deng W, Zhou H, Han S, Ivarsson M, Miller J, Zaks T; COVE Study Group
N Engl J Med 2021 Feb 4;384(5):403-416. Epub 2020 Dec 30 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2035389. PMID: 33378609Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Tisza M, Javornik Cregeen S, Avadhanula V, Zhang P, Ayvaz T, Feliz K, Hoffman KL, Clark JR, Terwilliger A, Ross MC, Cormier J, Moreno H, Wang L, Payne K, Henke D, Troisi C, Wu F, Rios J, Deegan J, Hansen B, Balliew J, Gitter A, Zhang K, Li R, Bauer CX, Mena KD, Piedra PA, Petrosino JF, Boerwinkle E, Maresso AW
Nat Commun 2023 Oct 28;14(1):6878. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-42064-1. PMID: 37898601Free PMC Article
Dunkle LM, Kotloff KL, Gay CL, Áñez G, Adelglass JM, Barrat Hernández AQ, Harper WL, Duncanson DM, McArthur MA, Florescu DF, McClelland RS, Garcia-Fragoso V, Riesenberg RA, Musante DB, Fried DL, Safirstein BE, McKenzie M, Jeanfreau RJ, Kingsley JK, Henderson JA, Lane DC, Ruíz-Palacios GM, Corey L, Neuzil KM, Coombs RW, Greninger AL, Hutter J, Ake JA, Smith K, Woo W, Cho I, Glenn GM, Dubovsky F; 2019nCoV-301 Study Group
N Engl J Med 2022 Feb 10;386(6):531-543. Epub 2021 Dec 15 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2116185. PMID: 34910859Free PMC Article
El Sahly HM, Baden LR, Essink B, Doblecki-Lewis S, Martin JM, Anderson EJ, Campbell TB, Clark J, Jackson LA, Fichtenbaum CJ, Zervos M, Rankin B, Eder F, Feldman G, Kennelly C, Han-Conrad L, Levin M, Neuzil KM, Corey L, Gilbert P, Janes H, Follmann D, Marovich M, Polakowski L, Mascola JR, Ledgerwood JE, Graham BS, August A, Clouting H, Deng W, Han S, Leav B, Manzo D, Pajon R, Schödel F, Tomassini JE, Zhou H, Miller J; COVE Study Group
N Engl J Med 2021 Nov 4;385(19):1774-1785. Epub 2021 Sep 22 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2113017. PMID: 34551225Free PMC Article
Baden LR, El Sahly HM, Essink B, Kotloff K, Frey S, Novak R, Diemert D, Spector SA, Rouphael N, Creech CB, McGettigan J, Khetan S, Segall N, Solis J, Brosz A, Fierro C, Schwartz H, Neuzil K, Corey L, Gilbert P, Janes H, Follmann D, Marovich M, Mascola J, Polakowski L, Ledgerwood J, Graham BS, Bennett H, Pajon R, Knightly C, Leav B, Deng W, Zhou H, Han S, Ivarsson M, Miller J, Zaks T; COVE Study Group
N Engl J Med 2021 Feb 4;384(5):403-416. Epub 2020 Dec 30 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2035389. PMID: 33378609Free PMC Article
Rha B, Curns AT, Lively JY, Campbell AP, Englund JA, Boom JA, Azimi PH, Weinberg GA, Staat MA, Selvarangan R, Halasa NB, McNeal MM, Klein EJ, Harrison CJ, Williams JV, Szilagyi PG, Singer MN, Sahni LC, Figueroa-Downing D, McDaniel D, Prill MM, Whitaker BL, Stewart LS, Schuster JE, Pahud BA, Weddle G, Avadhanula V, Munoz FM, Piedra PA, Payne DC, Langley G, Gerber SI
Pediatrics 2020 Jul;146(1) Epub 2020 Jun 16 doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-3611. PMID: 32546583

Recent systematic reviews

Guerrero-Ponce AE, Araiza J, Tirado-Sánchez A, Bonifaz A
Mycoses 2024 Jan;67(1):e13668. Epub 2023 Oct 31 doi: 10.1111/myc.13668. PMID: 37907831
Rodríguez MÁ, Piedra JV, Sánchez-Fernández M, Del Valle M, Crespo I, Olmedillas H
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020 Apr 24;17(8) doi: 10.3390/ijerph17082952. PMID: 32344616Free PMC Article
Contreras-Ruiz J, Peternel S, Jiménez Gutiérrez C, Culav-Koscak I, Reveiz L, Silbermann-Reynoso ML
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2019 Oct 30;2019(10) doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005068.pub3. PMID: 31684696Free PMC Article
Pineros-Leano M, Liechty JM, Piedra LM
J Affect Disord 2017 Jan 15;208:567-576. Epub 2016 Oct 24 doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.10.025. PMID: 27810273
Chavez-Tapia NC, Barrientos-Gutierrez T, Tellez-Avila FI, Soares-Weiser K, Uribe M
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010 Sep 8;2010(9):CD002907. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002907.pub2. PMID: 20824832Free PMC Article

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