Dust mites in a routine clinical stool sample

First case of intestinal acariasis from Egypt

“…As what happened in the present study, mite eggs in stool samples, were sometimes erroneously identified as helminth eggs, leading to false treatment with extensive consequences (Werneck et al 2007 ; Zia et al 2014 ). In the present study, mite’s eggs were at first misdiagnosed as hookworm eggs which were followed by unsuccessful antihelminthic treatment.…”

“…Exceptionally an allergic intestinal acariasis syndrome has been described by Scala ( 1995 ). Zia et al ( 2014 ) reported a case of intestinal acariasis in a 56 years old gentleman who was completely asymptomatic, but they did not identify the causative mite. Revising all the available literature from Egypt, we could not come across any encountered previous case.…”

“…The asymptomatic infestation of the entire child’s family may be explained by the very young age of the patient. Furthermore, Zia et al ( 2014 ) reported that their 56 years old mite carrier was quite healthy and concluded that no rigorous antiparasitic therapy was necessary to eliminate the dust mites from his system.…”