Ribas A, Mosquera J A
Anatomic Pathology Service, General Hospital of Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.
Acta Cytol. 1998 May-Jun;42(3):685-90. doi: 10.1159/000331827.
To distinguish between the existence of detached ciliary tufts (DCTs) and the possibility of protozoa in the sputum of asthma patients.
One hundred six samples of sputum obtained from 97 patients hospitalized with either asthma or other respiratory diseases were examined blindly. The combination of such criteria as movement, absence of basal plate, existence of red granules, positivity for ultraviolet light and Heidenhain's iron hematoxylin stain (for protozoa) was employed to distinguish between DCTs and true protozoa.
The presence of ameboflagellates in sputum has a diagnostic accuracy of 86% in predicting or ruling. out the possibility of acute asthma.
The presence of ameboflagellate forms is closely related to the existence of bronchial asthma, and these result reflect some etiopathogenic significance in asthma.
鉴别哮喘患者痰液中是否存在睫状体脱离（DCTs）以及是否存在原生动物。
对97例因哮喘或其他呼吸道疾病住院患者的106份痰液样本进行盲检。采用运动、无基板、存在红色颗粒、紫外线阳性和海登海因氏铁苏木精染色（用于原生动物）等标准组合来区分DCTs和真正的原生动物。
痰液中变形鞭毛虫的存在对预测或排除急性哮喘可能性的诊断准确率为86%。
变形鞭毛虫形式的存在与支气管哮喘的存在密切相关，这些结果反映了哮喘的一些病因学意义。
