Global Status of Emerging Lophomonas Infection: A Systematic Review of Reported Cases (1993—2020) [PDF]
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2022 Purpose. Lophomonas spp., is an emerging protozoan parasite that belongs to the Parabasalids (Parabasalia, lophomonadida) which infects the respiratory tracts of humans.
Maryam Nakhaei +5 more
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Lophomonas blattarum infection in immunocompetent patient
Lung India, 2016 Lophomonas blattarum (L. blattarum) is a protozoan parasite living in intestinal tracts of termites and cockroaches. Chen and Meng from China repoted first case of pulmonary L. blattarum infection in 1993.
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Lophomonas isolation in sputum sample at Peru [PDF]
Lung India, 2021 Lophomonas infection is an emerging parasitic disease causing respiratory infections. After China, Peru is the second country with the highest number of cases.
Jeel Moya-Salazar +3 more
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First report of emerged pulmonary lophomoniasis in two Afghanian medical tourists [PDF]
Clinical Case Reports, 2022 Lophomonas is a neglected and emerging protozoan that infects the lower and upper respiratory tracts of humans. Here, we present two cases of lophomoniasis from Afghanistan that include symptoms such as fever, cough, hemoptysis, and pleural effusion.
Ali Sharifpour +6 more
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Diagnosis of pulmonary lophomoniasis in an elderly anthracosis patient with resistant respiratory symptoms: A literature review and a case report study [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsKey Clinical Message Anthracosis causes chronic lung inflammation and immunodeficiency, which are associated with parasitic conditions like lophomonas.
Mohammad Hadi Tajik Jalayeri +2 more
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Diagnosis of pulmonary lophomoniasis infection in patient with systemic lupus erythematosus; A case report and literature review [PDF]
Respirology Case ReportsOver the past 30 years, there has been an increasing number of documented human infections associated with the protozoan Lophomonas, specifically Lophomonas blattarum, which is considered a relatively rare infection.
Mohammad Hadi Tajik Jalayeri +4 more
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First report of Lophomonas infection in a patient with AML‐2 from Qeshm Island, Persian Gulf, southern Iran [PDF]
Respirology Case Reports, 2022 Immunocompromised patients are frequently more susceptible to pathogens such as protozoa. For the first time, we report a case of pulmonary lophomoniasis in a known case of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML‐2) from Qeshm Island, Persian Gulf, southern Iran ...
Ali Sharifpour +6 more
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First molecular approach to diagnose paediatric pulmonary lophomoniasis: A case series [PDF]
Respirology Case Reports, 2022 A prospective study was conducted from 2017 to 2021 at Bouali Hospital in Mazandaran province, Sari, Iran. Out of 58 patients who were enrolled in our study, lophomoniasis was diagnosed in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of nine patients, for the first time,
Amirmasoud Taheri +8 more
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Cavitary pulmonary lesions following emerging lophomoniasis: A novel perspective [PDF]
Respirology Case Reports, 2022 In this article, we report a patient referred to the clinic of Imam Khomeini Hospital in Sari, Mazandaran, northern Iran, with a 3‐month complaint of chronic cough and weight loss. According to the chest computed tomography scan, a cavity was detected in
Amirmasoud Taheri +3 more
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Imaging patterns of Lophomonas blattarum infection in the respiratory tract: a registry-based analysis [PDF]
BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground Lophomonas blattarum is an emerging protozoan that mostly infects the lower respiratory tract and causes pulmonary lophomoniasis. Radiologic findings in patients with pulmonary lophomoniasis have yet to be studied.
Amirmasoud Taheri +9 more
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