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Global Status of Emerging Lophomonas Infection: A Systematic Review of Reported Cases (1993—2020)

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Purpose. Lophomonas spp., is an emerging protozoan parasite that belongs to the Parabasalids (Parabasalia, lophomonadida) which infects the respiratory tracts of humans. Despite the presence of a few reports of human lophomoniasis, the true burden of Lophomonas infection is unknown.
Maryam Nakhaei, Mahdi Fakhar, Ali Sharifpour, Hajar Ziaei Hezarjaribi, Elham Sadat Banimostafavi, Eisa Nazar, Vijay Kumar Srivastava   +6 more
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Post‐COVID‐19 co‐morbidity of emerged Lophomonas infection and invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: First case report

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 9, Issue 9, September 2021., 2021
Due to long corticosteroid therapy in patients with COVID‐19, in case of cough, dyspnea, and weight loss, emerging pulmonary aspergillosis and lophomoniasis should be ruled out. Abstract Due to long corticosteroid therapy in patients with COVID‐19, in case of cough, dyspnea, and weight loss, emerging pulmonary aspergillosis and lophomoniasis should be ...
Ali Sharifpour, Zakaria Zakariaei, Mahdi Fakhar, Elham Sadat Banimostafavi, Maryam Nakhaei, Mostafa Soleymani   +5 more
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Coinfection of Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst and Lophomoniasis in an Elderly Male Patient [PDF]

Indian Journal of Respiratory Care
Echinococcus 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, Narayana Mood, Malavika Reddy Kandala, Rakesh Gattu   +3 more
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Authenticity of pulmonary Lophomonas blattarum infection: A case report

World Journal of Clinical 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.
Meng, Shuang-Shuang, Dai, Zhi-Feng, Wang, Hui-Chao, Li, Yu-Xia, Wei, Dan-Dan, Yang, Rui-Lin, Lin, Xu-Hong   +6 more
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Detection of Lophomonas blattarum—A Rare Parasitic Infection in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report [PDF]

Indian Journal of Respiratory Care
Lophomonas blattarum infection was detected in an elderly patient at a tertiary hospital in Bengaluru, India. The patient presented to the emergency room with high-grade fever and bronchopulmonary symptoms.
Kolla Vinod, Deepthi JS, Kavya Nagarajan, Kulamarva Kavyashree, Julee Singh, VC Dharani   +5 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]

, 2021
Lophomonas is a genus of multi-flagellated protozoans consisting in two species Lophomonas striata and Lophomonas blattarum. Both species are considered endocommensal parasites of some domestic pest insects. While L.
Vargas, Géminis, Pinto, Melva, Magallón-Tejada, Ariel, Sobarzo, Rina   +3 more
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Bronchopulmonary Infection of Lophomonas blattarum: A Case and Literature Review

The Korean Journal of Parasitology, 2014
Human infections with Lophomonas blattarum are rare. However, the majority of the infections occurred in China, 94.4% (136 cases) of all cases in the world. This infection is difficult to differentiate from other pulmonary infections with similar symptoms. Here we reported a case of L. blattarum infection confirmed by bronchoalveolar lavage fluid smear
Xue, Jian, Li, Ying-Li, Yu, Xue-Mei, Li, Dai-Kun, Liu, Ming-Fang, Qiu, Jing-Fu, Xue, Jian-Jiang   +6 more
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Lophomonas blattarum parásito de cucarachas que causa neumonías infrecuentes en humanos

, 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).
Mattar, Salim, González Tous, Marco, Camargo-Assis, Francisco   +2 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

, 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.
Park, Jeong Su, Park, Jong Sun, Park, Jae Hyeon, Hwang, Sang Mee, Lee, Moses   +4 more
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Lophomonas blattarum: A new flagellate causing respiratory tract infections.

Tropical parasitology, 2020
Lophomonas blattarum is a flagellate protozoan parasite which was originally described as a commensal in the gut of cockroaches. From the 1990s, reports started coming out of peoples Republic of China about its possible role in bronchopulmonary infections, and this was followed by reports from some other parts of the world as well.
Chaudhury, Abhijit, Parija, Subhash Chandra   +1 more
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