A single method to stain Malassezia furfur and Corynebacterium minutissimum in scales Um método simples para corar Malassezia furfur e Corynebacterium minutissimum nas escamas

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Author: Antar Padilha-Gonçalves
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1996
• Subjects: Corynebacterium minutissimum; Pityriasis versicolor; Erythrasma; Staining method; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Canada
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651996000400011; https://doaj.org/article/75081b2e48d342069b2d7c06093d066b

A single and practical method to slain Malassezia furfur and Corynebacterium minutissimum in lesions' scales is described. The scales are collected by pressing small pieces of scotch tape (about 4 cm lenght and 2 cm width) onto the lesions and following withdrawl the furfuraceous scales will remain on the glue side. These pieces are then immersed for some minutes in lactophenol-cotton blue stain. Following absorption of the stain the scales are washed in current water to remove the excess of blue stain, dried with filter paper, dehydrated via passage in two bottles containing absolute alcohol and then placed in xylene in a centrifugation tube. The xylene dissolves the scotch tape glue and the scales fall free in the tube. After centrifugation and decantation the scales concentrated on the bottom of the tube are collected with a platinum-loop, placed in Canada balsam on a microscopy slide and closed with a cover slip. The preparations are then ready to be submitted to microscopic examination. Other stains may also be used instead of lactophenol-cotton blue. This method is simple, easily performed, and offers good conditions to study these fungi as well as being useful for the diagnosis of the diseases that they cause. É descrito um método simples e prático para corar Malassezia furfur e Corynebacterium minutissimum nas escamas das lesões. O material é colhido com o auxílio de fita durex que será usada na maior parte das etapas do método para ajudar a fácil execução do processo de coloração. Para colher as escamas, pequenos pedaços de fita durex com cerca de 4 cm de comprimento por 2 cm de largura são colocados e pressionados sobre as lesões, e quando retirados trazem aderidas as escamas furfuráceas na face com goma. Esses pedaços de fita durex são imersos por alguns minutos no corante lactofenol-azul cotton e logo que as escamas estiverem coradas em azul são lavadas em água corrente para remover o excesso de corante azul, secos com papel de filtro, desidratados pela passagem em dois frascos com álcool absoluto e ...