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Freshwater microorganisms and other arthropods in Papanicolaou smears
Author(s) -
MartínezGirón. Rafael,
GonzálezLópez José Rafael,
EscobarStein. Juliana,
JouMuñoz Cristina,
GarcíaMiralles. MaTeresa,
RibasBarceló. Andrés
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.20185
Subject(s) - papanicolaou stain , cytopathology , medicine , contamination , sputum , microorganism , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , cytology , biology , tuberculosis , bacteria , ecology , genetics , cervical cancer , cancer
Several types of contaminants have been reported in cytopathology. The purpose of this study was to show unusual contaminants in cytological smears, such as freshwater microorganisms and other arthropods. In different routine Papanicolaou smears (sputum, cervicovaginal, and voided urine) we mainly found fragments of mites and insects, caused by an intrinsic contamination of the samples or an extrinsic contamination of the smears. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2005;32:222–225. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.