Molecular Evidence of Emerged Pulmonary Lophomoniasis due to Lophomonas blattarum among Hospitalized Patients in Southwestern Iran: A National Registry-Based Study [PDF]
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2022 Objectives. Lophomonas protozoan is an emerging pathogen transmitted through arthropods such as cockroaches. Lophomoniasis is still a mysterious disease with many unknown epidemiological aspects.
Kobra Mokhtarian +6 more
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Characterization of Lophomonas spp. Infection in a Population of Critical Care Patients [PDF]
Infectious Disease Reports, 2023 Lophomonas are flagellated protozoa that have been increasingly associated with upper and lower airway infection in humans. The prevalence and characterization of this disease in the critically ill remains poorly understood. We present a series of eleven
Francisco das Neves Coelho +4 more
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A Rare Case of Bronchopulmonary Infection by Lophomonas Blattarum : A Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Nepal Medical AssociationLophomonas blattarum is a flagellated protozoan parasite found in cockroaches' and termites' hindgut. It can rarely cause bronchopulmonary infection in humans, especially in people with other comorbidities or immunocompromised, but the prevalence and ...
Arun Kumar Mahato +6 more
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Molecular proof for Lophomonas infection in a patient with history of breast cancer [PDF]
Respirology Case Reports, 2022 We report a 52‐year‐old patient with a history of breast cancer (BC) referred to the clinic of Afzalipour Hospital, in Kerman, eastern Iran, with a 1‐week complaint of restless dyspnea.
Erfan Ghadirzadeh, Amirmasoud Taheri
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Molecular evidence of upper and lower respiratory infection due to Lophomonas in a post‐kidney transplantation patient [PDF]
Clinical Case Reports (discontinued), 2022 We report a case of lophomoniasis in a kidney post‐transplantation patient. The patient, 46‐year‐old man, had pneumonia, acute sinusitis, and tonsillitis on admission.
Ali Sharifpour, Maryam Nakhaei
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High Occurrence of Emerged Lophomonas Infection among Patients Suspected of Having Pulmonary Tuberculosis: In-House PCR-Based Evidence [PDF]
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2022 Objectives. Lophomonas infection is a respiratory disease in humans that is associated with symptoms of cough, sputum, dyspnea, and sometimes hemoptysis, which shows the importance of differentiating this disease from tuberculosis and asthma.
Hamed Kalani +7 more
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Misidentification of Lophomonas Blattarum: Methodological Flaws and Taxonomic Confusion in Molecular Diagnostics [PDF]
Advanced Biomedical ResearchBackground: Lophomonas blattarum is a protozoan, which is controversial regarding pathogenicity in the respiratory disease, and identification methods. This study investigated the presence of this protozoan in patients admitted to the intensive care unit
Nasrin Saberi Shahr-Babaki +4 more
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Effective Treatment of Chronic Cough with Tinidazole as the Newest Antiprotozoa against Lophomonas blattarum [PDF]
Journal of Parasitology Research, 2022 Background. Chronic cough is a common problem in the setting of family physicians. Recently, Lophomonas blattarum was considered a cause of respiratory symptoms in children and adults. Objective.
Zahra Anhaee Nasseri +5 more
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Low occurrence of pulmonary lophomoniasis among cigarette smokers: An analysis of risk factors based on registry data [PDF]
Lung IndiaBackground and Objectives: Lophomonas blattarum is an emerging protozoan agent that mainly causes pulmonary lophomoniasis. Given that cigarette smokers are predisposed to various diseases while some conditions are less common among them, the current ...
Mahdi Fakhar +4 more
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Pulmonary infection due to emerging pathogen in immunocompetent patients: Two case reports [PDF]
SAGE Open Medical Case ReportsLophomoniasis is a new emerging parasitic disease caused by Lophomonas spp., a protozoan that predominantly resides in a commensal relationship within the hindgut of cockroaches.
Zakaria Zakariaei +6 more
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