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Fiberoptic Bronchoscopic Findings in Patients Suffering from Emerging Pulmonary Lophomoniasis: A First Registry-Based Clinical Study [PDF]

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background. Lophomonas blattarum is an emerging protozoan agent that mainly infects the lower respiratory system, causing pulmonary lophomoniasis.
Masoud Aliyali, Amirmasoud Taheri, Mahdi Fakhar, Ali Sharifpour, Maryam Nakhaei, Siavash Abedi, Hossein Mehravaran, Sepideh Safanavaei   +7 more
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Coinfection of pulmonary lophomoniasis, tuberculosis, and hydatid cyst in a pediatric autism patient: a case report and literature review [PDF]

BMC Pediatrics
Introduction Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition marked by difficulties in social interaction, communication, and repetitive behaviors or restricted interests.
Lobat Shahkar, Narges Lashkarbolouk, Noora Bigdeli, Mahdi Mazandarani   +3 more
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DETECCIÓN DE Lophomonas blattarum EN MUESTRAS DE ESPUTO TEÑIDAS CON AZUL DE METILENO DE INDIVIDUOS ADULTOS DE UN ÁREA URBANA DE LA PROVINCIA DE CHIRIQUÍ. [PDF]

Tecnociencia, 2020
Lophomonas es un género de protozoos flagelados que contiene dos especies, Lophomonas striata y L. blattarum. Ambas son consideras endocomensales parásitos de insectos domésticos. Aunque L.
Rina Sobarzo, Géminis Vargas, Melva Pinto, Ariel Magallón Tejada   +3 more
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Lophomonas blattarum - A blunder!

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
P. Padaki, J. Savio
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Clinical Insights and Diagnostic Challenges of Pulmonary Lophomoniasis in a Sarcoidosis Patient: A Case Report. [PDF]

Case Rep Pulmonol
Introduction In recent years, reports of patients with lophomoniasis infection have increased. This upward trend has been especially evident among patients with underlying conditions or those undergoing immunosuppressive therapy. Case Presentation We present a 38‐year‐old Fars female patient of Fars ethnicity with a 2‐year medical history of ...
Jalayeri MHT, Lashkarbolouk N, Mazandarani M, Dankoub M.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Geospatial Analysis and Molecular Epidemiologic Study of Emerging Pulmonary Lophomoniasis in Iran: A National Registry-Based Study. [PDF]

J Parasitol Res, 2023
Introduction. Bronchopulmonary lophomoniasis (BPL) is a protozoan pulmonary disease that has been reported sporadically, but its incidence has been increasing. However, the epidemiology and risk factors of the disease have not been clearly identified.
Ghatee MA, Nakhaei M, Sharifpour A, Fakhar M, Mohamadi N, Soleymani M, Abedi S, Aliyali M, Mehravaran H.   +8 more
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Coexistence of Tuberculosis and Lophomoniasis in a Patient With Alzheimer's Disease. [PDF]

Respirol Case Rep
We report a rare case of comorbidity involving two pulmonary diseases, lophomoniasis and TB, in an 82‐year‐old woman with Alzheimer's disease (AD) from northern Iran. ABSTRACT The coexistence of lophomoniasis and tuberculosis (TB), both airborne diseases, is relatively uncommon.
Maboudi M, Soleymani E, Banimostafavi ES, Kordi S, Adelani M, Zakariaei Z, Fakhar M.   +6 more
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Morphological and Molecular Identification of Acanthamoeba and Lophomonas Isolated from the Sputum of Suspected Tuberculosis Patients in Babolsar, Mazandaran Province in 2022-2023 [PDF]

Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences
Background and purpose: Lophomoniasis is a relatively common emerging parasitic disease caused by a pathogenic protozoan called Lophomonas, which mostly affects the lower respiratory tract (lungs and bronchi) of humans.
Hajar Ziaei Hezarjaribi, Rabeeh Tabaripour, Mahdi Fakhar, Aliasghar Raoofi   +3 more
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Lophomonas blattarum-like organism in bronchoalveolar lavage from a pneumonia patient: current diagnostic scheme and polymerase chain reaction can lead to false-positive results. [PDF]

Parasites Hosts Dis, 2023
Lophomonas blattarum is an anaerobic protozoan living in the intestine of cockroaches and house dust mites, with ultramicroscopic characteristics such as the presence of a parabasal body, axial filament, and absence of mitochondria.
Lee M, Hwang SM, Park JS, Park JH, Park JS.   +4 more
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Lophomonas spp. as an Emerging Infectious Disease in the Caribbean. [PDF]

Cureus
Over the past decade, there has been an increasing number of case reports of bronchopulmonary infection due to Lophomonas spp. The Caribbean has not been included in any reports. We describe two cases of bronchopulmonary infection due to Lophomonas spp. We also describe successful treatment with metronidazole and an alternative, albendazole.
Nagassar RP, Ewe P, Jaggernauth S, Boodoo S, Giddings S.   +4 more
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