A Rare Case of Bronchopulmonary Infection by Lophomonas blattarum : A Case Report [PDF]
Journal of the 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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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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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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Co-Infection of Lophomonas blattarum and Pneumocystis Jiro-Vecii in Patients With Respiratory Disorders in Northeastern Iran [PDF]
Iranian Journal of ParasitologyBackground: Respiratory infections caused by Lophomonas blattarum and Pneumocystis jirovecii are significant threats, especially to immunocompromised patients.
Hossein Zarrinfar +2 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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Lophomonas Misidentification in Bronchoalveolar Lavages
Internal Medicine, 2011 Comment on: "Late onset pulmonary Lophomonas blattarum infection in renal transplantation: a report of two cases."
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Different Staining Methods in Diagnosing Lophomonas blattarum in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Samples [PDF]
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Journal, 2021 Introduction:Lophomonas blattarum is a multi-flagellate protozoan that causes bronchopulmonary infection in humans. As the culture and molecular diagnosis of Lophomonas blattarum have not yet been developed, direct slide examination from nasopharyngeal ...
Fariba Berenji +8 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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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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