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Evaluation of a modified microscopic direct diagnosis of dermatophytosis
Eliângela C Côbo1, Juliano C Silva, Ulisses A Cota
1Surgical Pathology Service, Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, 38025-180 Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Journal of Microbiological Methods
|March 10, 2010
Abstract:
Here we present a modified protocol for dematophyte diagnosis, utilizing a simple centrifugation step to significantly decrease false-negative results of the original KOH direct microscopy-based technique. Although culture constitutes the gold-standard diagnosis, the time spent for results is a limit. Fast and low-cost techniques are important for infection screening in underdeveloped countries.
