Types of tests performed:

• Direct mycological and Wood lamp and culture for identification of yeasts and mycelia, as well as biochemical tests for the identification of yeasts, actinomycetes and other fungi

• Antifungigrams

• Intradermoreactions with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis antigens, Histoplasma capsulatum, Candida sp, Aspergillus fumigatus

• Intradermoreactions

• Latex proof for Cryptoccocus neoformans.

• Serological tests (counterimmunoelectrophoresis, complement fixation, immunodiffusion, indirect immunofluorescence, immunoelectrophoresis) for infections caused by Sporothrix schenkii, Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, Histoplasma capsulatum, Candida sp, Aspergillus fumigatus

• Scabies and pediculosis research

Patients who can benefit from this laboratory:

• Patients with superficial, deep, opportunistic or endemic fungal infections and other parasitic skin conditions.

• SUS patients (patients who have a record of the HC Complex)

• Private patients

• Contracted patients