Dust mites in a routine clinical stool sample

We report a case of dust mite carriage in a 56-year-old gentleman. Dust mites eggs and larvae were found in a stool sample which was taken for a routine clinical examination. He was completely asymptomatic with no history of rash, airway disease or other allergic manifestations associated with dust...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
Main Authors: Bushra Zia, Hassaan Bin Aftab, Mohammad Faizan Zahid, Joveria Farooqi, Feroze Uddin, Mohammad Asim Beg
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014
Subjects:
Mite eggs
Stool sample
Pakistan
Asymptomatic
Helminth eggs
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Arctic
Mite
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.12980/APJTB.4.2014APJTB-2014-0105
https://doaj.org/article/f400173451b34501843f1b5e7de8b19e
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Summary:We report a case of dust mite carriage in a 56-year-old gentleman. Dust mites eggs and larvae were found in a stool sample which was taken for a routine clinical examination. He was completely asymptomatic with no history of rash, airway disease or other allergic manifestations associated with dust mites. We noticed that the oval structure of mite eggs resembled helminth eggs and therefore may be misidentified during routine clinical analysis. As the patient was otherwise healthy, it was concluded that no rigorous antiparasitic therapy was necessary to eliminate dust mites from his system.

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