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Frotis para hongos en esputo - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Examen de hidróxido de potasio (KOH); Frotis para hongos en muestra de esputo; Preparación en fresco para hongos; Examen en fresco para hongos

Definición:

Es un examen de laboratorio para buscar hongos en una muestra de esputo. El esputo es el material que sale de las vías respiratorias al toser muy profundamente.

Forma en que se realiza el examen:

Se necesita una muestra de esputo. A usted se le solicitará que tosa profundamente y que escupa en un recipiente especial cualquier material que provenga del pulmón.

La muestra se envía a un laboratorio. Una pequeña cantidad se extiende ligeramente sobre un portaobjetos de microscopio y se mezcla con hidróxido de potasio (KOH). La muestra se examina bajo el microscopio y se verifica si hay partes de hongos.

Preparación para el examen:

No existe una preparación especial.

Lo que se siente durante el examen:

No se presenta ninguna molestia.

Razones por las que se realiza el examen:

El médico puede solicitar este examen si usted tiene una producción anormal de esputo o signos de una infección en los pulmones.

  • Reviewed last on: 12/1/2009
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Limper AH. Overview of pneumonia. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 97.

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