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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 +2 more
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Differential diagnosis of lophomaniasis in patients with COVID-19 in northern Mexico: a case report
Iberoamerican Journal of Medicine, 2023 Pulmonary lophomoniasis is a rare infection produced by a multiflagellated and anaerobic pyriform or oval protozoan belonging to the family of Lophomonadidae.
José de Jesús Alba-Romero +4 more
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Fungal, parasitological, and bacterial coinfection in a severely ill COVID‐19 patient in Peru
Clinical Case Reports, Volume 10, Issue 2, February 2022., 2022 In our case, coinfections in patients with COVID‐19 may be associated with mechanical ventilation. These may include antibiotic‐resistant bacteria, parasites, and fungi that led to rapid mortality. Microbiological surveillance is warranted. Abstract COVID‐19 patients are prone to coinfections during their hospitalization.
Jeel Moya‐Salazar +7 more
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Lophomonas blattarum and bronchopulmonary disease
Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2013 The natural habitat of the multiflagellate protozoonLophomonas blattarumis as an endocommensal in the hindgut of insects such as cockroaches. However, it also causes bronchopulmonary disease in humans. The aim of this paper was to review the literature on this organism in the context of respiratory disease.
Martinez-Giron, R., Van Woerden, Hugo C.
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Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2020 Infections with protozoans, mainly due to immunodeficiency, are common all over the world. However, pulmonary infections with protozoans are less frequent. Lophomonas sp. is a flagellated protozoan that lives in the gastrointestinal tract of some species
Virgilio E. Failoc-Rojas +2 more
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Infección pulmonar por Lophomonas sp en una paciente con leucemia mieloide aguda
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2018 Las infecciones por protozoos son prevalentes a nivel mundial, en particular en pacientes inmunosuprimidos. Comunicamos el caso de una paciente procedente de la ciudad de Viña del Mar, Chile, portadora de leucemia mieloide aguda en quien se confirmó una ...
Claudio Vidal +2 more
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Coinfection of Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst and Lophomoniasis in an Elderly Male Patient [PDF]
Indian Journal of Respiratory CareEchinococcus granulosus is a parasitic infection that leads to the development of cysts, most commonly in the liver and lungs, and may radiologically mimic a lung tumor.
Surendar Reddy K +3 more
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Broncho-pulmonary infection by Lophomonas blattarum- A case report
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 A. Gautam
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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 +3 more
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Bronchopulmonary lophomoniasis: A rare cause of pneumonia in an immunosuppressed host
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2019 Bronchopulmonary lophomoniasis is rare but immunocompromised individual is susceptible to this infection. We reported a case of bronchopulmonary lophomoniasis in a Malaysian female with systemic lupus erythromatosus.
Wathiqah Wahid +3 more
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