Chronic Respiratory Allergy Caused by Lophomonas blattarum: A Case Report [PDF]
Medical Laboratory Journal, 2018 Background and Objective: Lophomonas blattarum is a multi-flagellate protozoan that is commensal in hindgut of cockroaches and other insects. The protozoan can cause respiratory infection in humans.
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Bronchopulmonary Infection With Lophomonas blattarum: A Case Report and Literature Review
Journal of International Medical Research, 2011 Human infection with Lophomonas blattarum is extremely rare. The clinical manifestations of 45 cases of bronchopulmonary L. blattarum infection occurring in China, including one case diagnosed and treated at the authors' hospital, are described. The most common manifestations included fever, cough with expectoration, chest stuffiness or shortness of ...
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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.
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[From ICU to recovery: recurrent pneumonia due to Lophomonas blattarum]. [PDF]
Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro SocLophomonas blattarum is a multiflagellate protozoan considered an endocommensal parasite of the cockroach gut. Its identification is clinically relevant in cases of recurrent or refractory pneumonia. The infection manifests with cough, dyspnea, expectoration, bronchiectasis, and pleural effusion; its diagnosis is based on the morphological recognition ...
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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.
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Low occurrence of pulmonary lophomoniasis among cigarette smokers: An analysis of risk factors based on registry data [PDF]
Lung IndiaBackground and Objectives: Lophomonas blattarum is an emerging protozoan agent that mainly causes pulmonary lophomoniasis. Given that cigarette smokers are predisposed to various diseases while some conditions are less common among them, the current ...
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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).
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First Co-Morbidity of Lophomonas blattarum and COVID-19 Infections: Confirmed Using Molecular Approach [PDF]
Acta Parasitologica, 2022 Elham Sadat Banimostafavi +2 more
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Insights into pulmonary lophomoniasis infection in a Bruton's disease patient; A case report study and literature review [PDF]
IDCasesIntroduction: 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 ...
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