Microscopic examination of skin scrapings reveals yeast-like fungi among epidermal scales, crucial for laboratory diagnosis of mycoses.
Skin scraping - yeast-like fungi.
The image was kindly provided by Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics Doctor Victoria Gerbutova, Krasnodar.
Examples of skin and nail scraping microscopy in mycoses: visualization of mycelial threads, arthrospore chains, and pathogenic fungal elements in native preparations.
Microscopic view of a skin scraping from the groin folds: clusters of fungal mycelium filaments in a native preparation, indicative of inguinal dermatophytosis (epidermophytosis).
Microscopic examination of a native foot skin scraping preparation in mycosis. Detection of branching pathogenic fungal mycelium among epidermal scales.
