Rapid diagnosis of tinea incognito using handheld reflectance confocal microscopy: A paradigm shift in dermatology? Journal Article
| Authors: | Navarrete-Dechent, C.; Bajaj, S.; Marghoob, A. A.; Marchetti, M. A. |
| Article Title: | Rapid diagnosis of tinea incognito using handheld reflectance confocal microscopy: A paradigm shift in dermatology? |
| Abstract: | Dermatophytoses are common skin infections. Traditional diagnostic tests such as skin scrapings for light microscopy examination, fungal cultures and biopsies remain imperfect due to false-negative test results, cost, time required to perform the procedure, time delays in test results and/or a requirement for an invasive procedure. Herein, we present a case of an 80-year-old female whose tinea incognito was non-invasively diagnosed within seconds using handheld reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM). As non-invasive skin imaging continues to improve, we expect light-based office microscopy to be replaced with technologies such as RCM, which has multiple and continually expanding diagnostic applications. © 2015 Blackwell Verlag GmbH. |
| Keywords: | reflectance confocal microscopy; diagnosis; tinea corporis; dermatophytes; arthrodermataceae |
| Journal Title: | Mycoses |
| Volume: | 58 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| ISSN: | 0933-7407 |
| Publisher: | Wiley Blackwell |
| Date Published: | 2015-06-01 |
| Start Page: | 383 |
| End Page: | 386 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1111/myc.12333 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PUBMED: | 25919861 |
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| Notes: | Export Date: 3 June 2015 -- Source: Scopus |
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