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Lophomonas blattarum Infection or Just the Movement of Ciliated Epithelial Cells?

Chinese Medical Journal, 2016
INTRODUCTION Lophomonas blattarum (L.blattarum) is a multiflagellated protozoan,which parasitizes in the intestinal tracts of termites and cockroaches,belonging to the Lophomonas suborder,Hypermastigida order.More than 100 cases of bronchopulmonary L ...
Ran Li, Zhan-Cheng Gao
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Cavitary pulmonary lesions following emerging lophomoniasis: A novel perspective

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, Mahdi Fakhar, Ali Sharifpour, Elham Sadat Banimostafavi   +3 more
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Fiberoptic Bronchoscopic Findings in Patients Suffering from Emerging Pulmonary Lophomoniasis: A First Registry-Based Clinical Study

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

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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Parasites of Periplaneta americana linnaeus "domestic cockroach" from Ica.

Revista Peruana de Biología, 2014
244 specimens of Periplaneta americana Linnaeus from 13 localities of Ica were studied. Nematodes and protozoa were identified. They are Lophomonas blattarum, Leptomonas sp., Leidynema appendiculatum and Hammerschmidtiella diesingi.
Mary Fernádez B., Diana M. Martínez M., Manuel Tantaleán V., Rosa Martínez R.   +3 more
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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, Richard Salazar-Hernandez, Madeleine Lopez-Hinostroza, Hans Contreras-Pulache   +3 more
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Lophomonas blattarum - A blunder!

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
P. Padaki, J. Savio
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Lophomonas blattarum cockroach parasite that causes uncommon pneumonia in humans

Revista Mvz Cordoba, 2019
Lophomonas blattarum is a protozoan that parasites the intestinal tract of termites and cockroaches; It belongs to the supergroup Excavata, Parabasalia of first rank and Cristamonadida of second rank (1).
Francisco Camargo-Assis, Salim Máttar, Marco González T   +2 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

Clinical Case Reports
Key Clinical Message Anthracosis causes chronic lung inflammation and immunodeficiency, which are associated with parasitic conditions like lophomonas.
Mohammad Hadi Tajik Jalayeri, Narges Lashkarbolouk, Mahdi Mazandarani   +2 more
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Severe lophomoniasis in a patient with diabetes and past history of COVID-19 in Central Iran: case report

Journal of International Medical Research
In this case report, we address the diagnostic challenges and clinical implications of severe infection with Lophomonas blattarum in a patient initially suspected of experiencing long COVID symptoms.
Seyed Reza Mirbadie, Amirmasoud Taheri, Elahe Roshanzamir, Eissa Soleymani, Mahdi Fakhar   +4 more
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