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- Title
Reflectance confocal microscopy for cutaneous infections and infestations.
- Authors
Cinotti, E.; Perrot, J.L.; Labeille, B.; Cambazard, F.
- Abstract
Reflectance confocal microscopy ( RCM) is a high-resolution emerging imaging technique that allows non-invasive diagnosis of several cutaneous disorders. A systematic review of the literature on the use of RCM for the study of infections and infestations has been performed to evaluate the current use of this technique and its possible future applications in this field. RCM is particularly suitable for the identification of Sarcoptes scabies, Demodex folliculorum, Ixodes, Dermatophytes and Candida species in the clinical practice and for the follow-up after treatment. The cytopathic effect of herpes simplex virus, varicella zoster virus and molluscipoxvirus is also detectable by this imaging technique even in a pre-vesicular stage. In addition, thanks to its non-invasiveness, RCM allows pathophysiological studies.
- Subjects
REFLECTANCE spectroscopy; MICROSCOPY; SKIN disease diagnosis; NONINVASIVE diagnostic tests; PATHOLOGICAL physiology
- Publication
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology & Venereology, 2016, Vol 30, Issue 5, p754
- ISSN
0926-9959
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jdv.13254