PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Victor Mercier
AU  - Milène Sasso
AU  - Pascal Kouyoumdjian
AU  - Damien Sizaret
AU  - Simon Benzimra
AU  - Samia Gonzalez
AU  - Guillaume Desoubeaux
TI  - Some undesirable traps which can mislead the pathologist
AID  - 10.1136/jclinpath-2021-207438
DP  - 2021 Apr 30
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - jclinpath-2021-207438
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/early/2021/04/29/jclinpath-2021-207438.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/early/2021/04/29/jclinpath-2021-207438.full
AB  - In clinical laboratories, the diagnosis of parasite diseases can sometimes be challenging for non-expert microbiologists. Indeed, in spite of the advent of the molecular biology, macroscopic and microscopic examinations still remain essential. Nonetheless, it is usually not automated and requires great skills to complete the correct diagnosis. It is not infrequent that inert elements mislead to erroneous diagnoses. Through three different concrete examples, this article aims at underscoring the actual risk of parasite misidentification and at highlighting the systematic approach to be conducted in order to enable reliable diagnosis.