🔬 Find of the day!
🙏 Photo courtesy of biologist Tatiana Pikaleva, Moscow
Morphology of Sarcoptes scabiei mites in a native skin scraping preparation under microscopy: pathogen identification for scabies diagnosis.
🔬 Find of the day!
🙏 Photo courtesy of biologist Tatiana Pikaleva, Moscow

Microscopic findings of scabies: detection of a female Sarcoptes scabiei mite and eggs with larvae in a skin scrape preparation for diagnosis.

Microscopic examination of a skin scrape in scabies. Detection of Sarcoptes scabiei mites and their eggs in a native preparation.

Laboratory diagnosis of scabies: microscopy of skin scrapings with 20% KOH and morphology of Sarcoptes scabiei hominis mite at x400 magnification.