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Comparison of Skin Scraping and Standard Superficial Skin Biopsy in the Laboratory Diagnosis of Scabies

Author(s) -

Orçun Zorbozan,

Bengü Gerçeker Türk,

Ayda Acar,

Göktürk Oraloğlu,

Ayşegül Ünver,

Seray Töz,

İdil Ünal,

Nevın Turgay

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

turkish journal of parasitology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.207

H-Index - 18

eISSN - 2146-3077

pISSN - 1300-6320

DOI - 10.4274/tpd.galenos.2020.6828

Subject(s) - scabies , sarcoptes scabiei , dermatology , skin biopsy , dermatoscopy , medicine , biopsy , pathology , melanoma , cancer research

Scabies is diagnosed based on the presence of burrows on the skin, Sarcoptes scabiei adult, egg, or scybala in skin scrapings. The laboratory diagnosis of scabies poses various challenges. We aimed to compare the analytical performance of skin scraping and standard superficial skin biopsy (SSSB) and to investigate the correlation with false negative results in the laboratory diagnosis of scabies.

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