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Domestic dogs carriers of Leishmania infantum, Leishmania tropica and Crithidia fasciculata as potential reservoirs for human visceral leishmaniasis in northeastern Iran

Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2022
Background In recent years, cases of human visceral leishmaniasis (HVL) have been reported in some districts of Golestan Province, northeastern Iran, particularly in rural areas.
Mahdi Fakhar, Majid Derakhshani‐nia, Shaban Gohardehi, Mehdi Karamian, Hajar Ziaei Hezarjaribi, Mehdi Mohebali, Behnaz Akhoundi, Mitra Sharbatkhori   +7 more
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Retrospect and Prospect of Lophomonas blattarum Infections and Lophomoniasis Reported in China

Open Access Library Journal (oalib), 2014
Lophomonas blattarum is a recently discovered parasitic protozoan that may infect humans and cause serious respiratory symptoms which are deadly. This review has summarized recent findings on the etiological characteristics, routes of transmission, clinical symptoms, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment of L. blattarum infection and diseases in China.
Xianqun Rao, Qi Liao, Tonghe Pan, Shuangyan Li, Xinyi Zhang, Shengqian Zhu, Zhongjie Lin, Yu Qiu, Jianfa Liu   +8 more
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The co-infection of lophomoniasis and tuberculosis in patients with respiratory symptoms; case series and literature review

Clinical Infection in Practice
Background: Lophomonas blattarum is an emerging important cause of bronchopulmonary infections in immunocompromised patients. Moreover, Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a significant factor in the mortality of infectious diseases, particularly in ...
Mohammad Hadi Tajik Jalayeri, Rahmat Allah Sharifi far, Narges Lashkarbolouk, Mahdi Mazandarani   +3 more
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Pulmonary Lophomoniasis: An overlooked cause of non-resolving pneumonia [PDF]

Batna Journal of Medical Sciences
Lophomonas blattarum is a multiflagellated protozoan that occasionally causes pulmonary infection but is often misdiagnosed as bacterial pneumonia, lung mass, or tuberculosis.
Mohammed H. AL-SHAIKH, Kamel REMITA, Ismail MUBARAK, Hisham EL-BANAWY   +3 more
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Insights into pulmonary lophomoniasis infection in a Bruton's disease patient; A case report study and literature review

IDCases
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 tyrosine kinase (BTK) gene.
Mohammad Hadi Tajik Jalayeri, Narges Lashkarbolouk, Mahdi Mazandarani, Mohaddeseh Dankoub   +3 more
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Clinical Insights and Diagnostic Challenges of Pulmonary Lophomoniasis in a Sarcoidosis Patient: A Case Report

Case Reports in Pulmonology
Introduction 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
Narges Lashkarbolouk
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Lophomoniasis pulmonar

Medicina Crítica, 2019
Gustavo Morales Muñoz, Yolanda Ceferino Contreras, Jaime Cadenas Caballero, Ana Gabriela Méndez Arias   +3 more
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Lophomoniasis associates with chronic immune compromise and respiratory coinfections: a case report. [PDF]

Revista de la Sociedad Española de Beneficencia, 2020
Alberto N Peón
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High Occurrence of Emerged Lophomonas Infection among Patients Suspected of Having Pulmonary Tuberculosis: In-House PCR-Based Evidence

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, Ayeneh Pangh, Maryam Nakhaei, Hajar Ziaei Hezarjaribi, Mahdi Fakhar, Ali Sharifpour, Elham Sadat Banimostafavi, Rabeeh Tabaripour   +7 more
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Molecular evidence of upper and lower respiratory infection due to Lophomonas in a post‐kidney transplantation patient

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, Sepideh Safanavaei, Maryam Nakhaei, Samira Esmaeili, Elham Sadat Banimostafavi, Fatemeh Spahbodi, Ali Sharifpour   +6 more
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