[Contribution to the study of Trichosporon cutaneum (de Beurman, Gougerot et Vaucher), Ota (1926) (author's transl)].

The pathogenicity is studied in vitro and in vivo. White piedra is obtained in vitro on hair applying a technic described by Vanbrueseghem (1949) for the study of dermatophytes. Concerning the in vivo study: retrocultures of the kidneys, the lungs, the brain and the liver of white mice inoculated with T. cutaneum (50,000 cells) by the intravenous route were all positive.