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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2005, p. 6200-6201, Vol. 43, No. 12
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.12.6200-6201.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Clinical Significance of Mites in Urine

Leigh A. Dini* and John A. Frean

Parasitology Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

Received 1 June 2005/ Returned for modification 20 July 2005/ Accepted 15 September 2005

We report a case where a mite egg found in urine caused diagnostic confusion. The possibility of gut or bladder mite infection should be entertained only after repeated identification of mites in urine or stool samples from a symptomatic patient with no other cause for the symptoms and where the possibilities of contamination and spurious infection have been excluded.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Parasitology Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Private Bag X4, Sandringham 2131, South Africa. Phone: 27 (0) 11 555 0311. Fax: 27 (0) 11 555 0446. E-mail: leighd{at}nicd.ac.za.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2005, p. 6200-6201, Vol. 43, No. 12
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.12.6200-6201.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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