Mites in clinical stool specimens: potential misidentification as helminth eggs

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dc.contributor.authorWerneck, Jessica Sanchez
dc.contributor.authorCarniato, Telma
dc.contributor.authorGabriel, Alexandre
dc.contributor.authorTufik, Sergio [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorAndrade, Soraya Sgambatti
dc.contributor.institutionAFIP Med Lab
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-24T13:49:11Z
dc.date.available2016-01-24T13:49:11Z
dc.date.issued2007-11-01
dc.description.abstractWe 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.en
dc.description.affiliationAFIP Med Lab, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Lab Med Invest, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Psychobiol, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Lab Med Invest, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Psychobiol, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.sourceWeb of Science
dc.format.extent1154-1156
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.07.006
dc.identifier.citationTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. New York: Elsevier B.V., v. 101, n. 11, p. 1154-1156, 2007.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.07.006
dc.identifier.issn0035-9203
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/30134
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000250729700019
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.relation.ispartofTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.licensehttp://www.elsevier.com/about/open-access/open-access-policies/article-posting-policy
dc.subjectmitesen
dc.subjecthelminthsen
dc.subjectparasitesen
dc.subjectintestinal diseasesen
dc.subjectacariasisen
dc.subjectlaboratory diagnosisen
dc.titleMites in clinical stool specimens: potential misidentification as helminth eggsen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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