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First Report of the Pulmonary Parasite Lophomonas blattarum in Ahvaz Province, Khuzestan: Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]

Advanced Biomedical Research
The flagellate protozoan parasite known as Lophomonas blattarum primarily infects the respiratory tract. Infections in humans are infrequent but have been observed, especially in immunocompromised individuals.
Mojtaba Aghaei, Hanieh Raji, Seyed Sobhan Bahreiny, Mohammad Amin Vahid, Najmaldin Saki   +4 more
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Development and Validation of In‐House Conventional and Multiplex PCR Methods for the Detection and Identification of Lophomonas spp.: An Innovative Approach [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis
Sequence alignment of the SSU rRNA of the two Lophomonas species, L. blattarum and L. striata. The red rectangle highlights the position of the reverse universal primer; the yellow, the L. blattarum‐specific forward primer; and the green, the L. striata‐specific forward primer used in multiplex PCR.

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Lophomonas as a respiratory pathogen-jumping the gun. [PDF]

J Clin Microbiol
ABSTRACT Human infections with the protozoan Lophomonas have been increasingly reported in the medical literature over the past three decades. Initial reports were based on microscopic identification of the purported pathogen in respiratory specimens.
Mewara A, Gile GH, Mathison B, Zhao H, Pritt B, Bradbury RS.   +5 more
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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, Bibi Razieh Hosseini Farash, Mona Talebian, Mahnaz Amini, Sayed Javad Sayedi, Seyed Aliakbar Shamsian, Monavar Afzalaghaee, Mahmoud Parian, Ghodratollah Salehi Sangani   +8 more
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Case report: pneumonia caused by lophomonas [PDF]

ACTUALIDAD MEDICA, 2021
Lophomonas are protozoans that inhabit the intestine of termites and roaches, remaining in the environment as cysts. Once in the human body, these pathogens can cause infections at the level of any organ. This disease is characterized as an opportunistic infection of which have been documented by kidney allograft transplantation, use of corticosteroids,
C.A. López-Aguilar, G.H. León-Chávez, A. Anlehu-Tello   +2 more
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Detection of in pericardial effusion sample in a COVID-19 patient with systemic sclerosis: An unusual case report [PDF]

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2022
Systemic sclerosis is a connective tissue disorder that involves the skin and many other organs, such as the heart, skin, and gastrointestinal tract. Cardiac involvement is in the form of pericarditis, pericardial effusion, and pulmonary hypertension ...
Zakaria Zakariaei, Ali Sharifpour, Mahdi Fakhar, Mostafa Soleymani, Elham Sadat Banimostafavi, Amirmasoud Taheri   +5 more
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Insights into pulmonary lophomoniasis infection in a Bruton's disease patient; A case report study and literature review [PDF]

IDCases
Introduction: Lophomonas infection is a rare respiratory illness caused by parasites, mostly reported in immunocompromised patients. X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA), or Bruton's disease, is a primary immunodeficiency caused by a defective Bruton's ...
Mohammad Hadi Tajik Jalayeri, Narges Lashkarbolouk, Mahdi Mazandarani, Mohaddeseh Dankoub   +3 more
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Co-Infection of Lophomonas blattarum and Pneumocystis jirovecii in Patients with Respiratory Disorders in Northeastern Iran [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Parasitology
Background: Respiratory infections caused by Lophomonas blattarum and Pneumocystis jirovecii are significant threats, especially to immunocompromised patients.
Fariba Berenji, Hossein Zarrinfar, Ali Gholizadeh, Fatemeh Sargazi, Jamshid Jamali, Mahmoud Parian Noghabi, Ghodratollah Salehi Sangani, Bibi Razieh Hosseini Farash   +7 more
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The co-infection of pulmonary hydatid cyst, lophomoniasis and tuberculosis in a patient with resistant respiratory symptoms; a case report study [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Lophomonas blattarum is a rare protozoan that causes opportunistic infections, and the co-infection of lophomonas with tuberculosis and human hydatidosis is a serious public problem in the co-endemic areas of developing countries.
Mohammad Hadi Tajik Jalayeri, Rahmat Allah Sharifi far, Narges Lashkarbolouk, Mahdi Mazandarani   +3 more
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Bronchopulmonary Lophomonas blattarum Infection: Still a Pending Issue

Chinese Medical Journal, 2017
We thank Dr. Martinez-Giron for the interest in our article about bronchopulmonary Lophomonas blattarum infection. However,all the reported cases of bronchopulmonary L. blattarum infection are just relied on light microscopic findings.
Ran Li, Zhan-Cheng Gao
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