Mites in clinical stool specimens: potential misidentification as helminth eggs
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2007-11-01
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Tufik, Sergio 
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We report the finding of unexpected microscopic oval structures in clinical stool samples processed by AFIP/Medicina Laboratorial, a laboratory performing routine clinical analysis in São Paulo, Brazil. Surprisingly, these objects were identified as mite eggs, sometimes accompanied by adult mites. Because misidentification of mite eggs as helminth ova may lead to erroneous treatment with far-reaching consequences, we sought to verify the frequency of adult mites and mite eggs among a number of processed stool specimens. Given their similarity to some helminth eggs, it is important that clinical laboratories recognize these structures, especially in geographic regions where intestinal parasitosis is prevalent. (C) 2007 Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Published by Elsevier B.V. Alt rights reserved.
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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. New York: Elsevier B.V., v. 101, n. 11, p. 1154-1156, 2007.