Here is our monthly case by Idzi Potters and the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp. The following were seen in skin scrapings from a young immigrant male. Identification?
Ay, it’s so itchy. Poor patient, not only you itch but the scratches on your hands, interdigital spaces makes you socially awkward. Sometimes we may not see the ectoparasite itself but it does leave a trail of eggs and or its feces. Children do get the itch mite but adults too especially those institutionalized such as in mates or neglected elders in nursing facilities. Sarcoptes scabiei do fluoresce in calcofluor stain preps of Mycology. Florida Fan
There once was a woman from Natchez, Whose clothing was always in patches. When comment arose on the state of her clothes, She replied, "when ah itches, ah scratches" (rim shot)
I agree with the identification of Sarcoptes scabiei.
I would like to mention a closely related sarcoptiform mite that infests cats. These mites have long unjoined sucker tipped leg stalks (empodium), v-shaped scales on the dorsum, and eleagent dark colored apodemes. All characteristics shared with Sarcoptes scabies. Notoedres cati, a cat parasite, which can cause a transient puritic lesion in humans closely resembles Sarcoptes. How do you tell these mite species apart you ask. Simple, Sarcoptes has a terminal anus and Notoedres has a dorsally mounted anus making it appear to be subterminal.
Itch mite = Sarcoptes scabeii
ReplyDeleteSarcoptes scabiei or the Scabies mite
ReplyDeleteAy, it’s so itchy. Poor patient, not only you itch but the scratches on your hands, interdigital spaces makes you socially awkward. Sometimes we may not see the ectoparasite itself but it does leave a trail of eggs and or its feces. Children do get the itch mite but adults too especially those institutionalized such as in mates or neglected elders in nursing facilities. Sarcoptes scabiei do fluoresce in calcofluor stain preps of Mycology.
ReplyDeleteFlorida Fan
Sarcoptes scabei.
ReplyDeleteThere once was a woman from Natchez,
Whose clothing was always in patches.
When comment arose on the state of her clothes,
She replied,
"when ah itches, ah scratches"
(rim shot)
Only 3 pairs of legs. Must be a larva.
ReplyDeleteSarcoptes scabiei.
ReplyDeleteLarva of Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis
ReplyDeleteSarcoptes scabei
ReplyDeleteSarcoptes scabei young (usually larger when adult)
ReplyDeleteI agree with the identification of Sarcoptes scabiei.
ReplyDeleteI would like to mention a closely related sarcoptiform mite that infests cats. These mites have long unjoined sucker tipped leg stalks (empodium), v-shaped scales on the dorsum, and eleagent dark colored apodemes. All characteristics shared with Sarcoptes scabies. Notoedres cati, a cat parasite, which can cause a transient puritic lesion in humans closely resembles Sarcoptes. How do you tell these mite species apart you ask. Simple, Sarcoptes has a terminal anus and Notoedres has a dorsally mounted anus making it appear to be subterminal.