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EXAMINATIO

N OF SKIN
SCRAPING
By-MAHENDRA YADAV
ROLL NO. –B0042
BVSc & AH – 2nd year
Introduction-:
Objectives-:
Advantage-:
Microscopic examination-:
• In microscopic examination we identify a dermatophytes by the
presenceof-:
• Fungal hyphae(branched filament) making mycelium
• Arthrospore( broken off spores)
• Arthroconidia (specialised exeternal spore)
• Spore inside a hair(endothrix) or outside a hair (ectothrix)
• And yeast infection can be identified by yeat cells dividing by budding
and pseudohyphae Forming pseudomycelium.

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