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 ...
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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.
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Lophomonas blattarum and bronchopulmonary disease [PDF]
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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Comment on “Detection of Lophomonas blattarum (Order: Hypermastigida from Iranian Patients with Allergic Rhinitis” [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2023 No ...
Mahdi Fakhar
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Authenticity of pulmonary Lophomonas blattarum infection: A case report. [PDF]
World J Clin Cases, 2019 Pulmonary protozoal infections are rare. A 28-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with chief complains of cough, sputum, and dyspnea. The clinical laboratory tests for blood revealed an increased eosinophil percentage of 31.3% and significantly elevated total IgE.
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First molecular approach to diagnose paediatric pulmonary lophomoniasis: A case series
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,
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Response Comment on “Detection of Lophomonas blattarum (Order: Hypermastigida from Iranian Patients with Allergic Rhinitis” [PDF]
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Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi, 2019 The frequency of bronchopulmonary protozoan infections has raised due to increased number of immunosuppressed patients in recent years. One of them is Lophomonas blattarum which is a multi-flagellated protozoan parasite of termites and several cockroach ...
Orçun Zorbozan +4 more
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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
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Pulmonary Lophomonas blattarum Infection in Patients With Kidney Allograft Transplantation. [PDF]
Transplant International, 2006 The aim of the study was to analyse the clinical manifestation and management of pulmonary Lophomonas blattarum infection in four allograft transplantation recipients retrospectively. Four patients with pulmonary L. blattarum infection were diagnosed by using Fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) examination.
Zheng Tang, Zhen Cheng, Shuming Ji
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