skin snip

Indications: - used for identification of cutaneous microfilaria. Procedure: - lift skin with a needle & excise about 1 mg to a depth of 0.5 mm from several sites - weigh each sample & place in 0.5 mL of saline for 4 hours - examine wet mounts & Giemsa stains either directly or after filtration

References

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed. Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 1169