Fecal Pellets (<i>Scybala</i>) of <i>Sacroptes Scabiei</i> Var. <i>Hominis</i> are Stained by Zoomblue<sup>®</sup> Fungal Staining Solution

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  • Uenotsuchi Takeshi
    Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
  • Urabe Kazunori
    Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
  • Moroi Yoichi
    Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
  • Matsuda Tetsuo
    Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
  • Furue Masutaka
    Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University

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  • ズームブルー<sup>®</sup>を用いた疥癬の染色

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Microscopic examinations following staining with Zoomblue® fungal staining solution were used to achieve highly sensitive visualization of mites, eggs, and scybala (fecal pellets) of Sacroptes scabiei var. hominis. Soaking in the solution for 30 minutes resulted in mites and eggs that were barely stained. Some scybala were stained red-purple; however, others were only slightly stained. After soaking for 12 hours, however almost all of the scybala were intensely stained a blue-purple color. While Zoomblu® is useful for detecting scybala of S. scabiei var. hominis, the Chlorazol black E fungal staining solution seems to be more useful, because it can stain scybala within five minutes. These data suggest that if no clues indicating scabies are found at the first microscopic examination with these fungal staining solutions, samples should be re-evaluated again after a longer staining period.

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  • CRID
    1390001205739535616
  • NII Article ID
    130004708344
  • DOI
    10.14924/dermatol.115.1461
  • ISSN
    13468146
    0021499X
  • Text Lang
    ja
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