Bronchopulmonary lophomoniasis in a prisoner: A case report [PDF]
Medical Laboratory JournalBackground: Bronchopulmonary lophomoniasis, an emerging yet frequently overlooked respiratory infection, is caused by the flagellated protozoan Lophomonas blattarum (L. blattarum).
Sadeghali Azimi +2 more
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Detection of in pericardial effusion sample in a COVID-19 patient with systemic sclerosis: An unusual case report [PDF]
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2022 Systemic sclerosis is a connective tissue disorder that involves the skin and many other organs, such as the heart, skin, and gastrointestinal tract. Cardiac involvement is in the form of pericarditis, pericardial effusion, and pulmonary hypertension ...
Zakaria Zakariaei +5 more
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Frequency, Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Pediatric Lophomoniasis: A Cross-Sectional Study in Northern Iran. [PDF]
Pediatr PulmonolABSTRACT Background Lophomoniasis is an emerging respiratory infection, but its clinical and epidemiological characteristics in pediatric populations remain poorly defined. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and describe the clinical, radiological, and bronchoscopic features of ...
Mazandarani M +5 more
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Clinical Insights and Diagnostic Challenges of Pulmonary Lophomoniasis in a Sarcoidosis Patient: A Case Report [PDF]
Case Reports in PulmonologyIntroduction In recent years, reports of patients with lophomoniasis infection have increased. This upward trend has been especially evident among patients with underlying conditions or those undergoing immunosuppressive therapy. Case Presentation
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High Occurrence of Emerged Lophomonas Infection among Patients Suspected of Having Pulmonary Tuberculosis: In-House PCR-Based Evidence [PDF]
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2022 Objectives. Lophomonas infection is a respiratory disease in humans that is associated with symptoms of cough, sputum, dyspnea, and sometimes hemoptysis, which shows the importance of differentiating this disease from tuberculosis and asthma.
Hamed Kalani +7 more
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Rectal foreign body in adult male: Unusual case report and literature review
Clinical Case Reports, 2022 The majority of rectal foreign bodies inserted by adults are for self‐gratification. As a result, they will probably be smooth, rounded, tubular, or egg‐shaped to make insertion and extraction easier.
Elham Sadat Banimostafavi +4 more
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Molecular evidence of upper and lower respiratory infection due to Lophomonas in a post‐kidney transplantation patient [PDF]
Clinical Case Reports, 2022 We report a case of lophomoniasis in a kidney post‐transplantation patient. The patient, 46‐year‐old man, had pneumonia, acute sinusitis, and tonsillitis on admission.
Mahdi Fakhar +6 more
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First report of Lophomonas infection in a patient with AML‐2 from Qeshm Island, Persian Gulf, southern Iran [PDF]
Respirology Case Reports, 2022 Immunocompromised patients are frequently more susceptible to pathogens such as protozoa. For the first time, we report a case of pulmonary lophomoniasis in a known case of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML‐2) from Qeshm Island, Persian Gulf, southern Iran ...
Ali Sharifpour +6 more
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Insights into pulmonary lophomoniasis infection in a Bruton's disease patient; A case report study and literature review. [PDF]
IDCasesLophomonas 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 tyrosine kinase (BTK) gene.
Tajik Jalayeri MH +3 more
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Clinical Case Reports, 2022 Mucormycosis is a rare, invasive, quickly progressing fungal infection that generally affects patients who are immunocompromised. If left untreated, the disease is characterized by progressive necrosis and is often fatal.
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