Scabies - Direct examination of skin scraping

France, Bougnoux Marie-Elisabeth

Ventral sight of S. scabiei female mite, 330 µm long. Typical terminal bristle on legs at pairs # 3 and # 4, and ventral cuticular spines. On the right side of the adult female, a 80 µm-long oval egg. In the lower right corner, mite fecal deposit.