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Latent Toxoplasma gondii infection and associated risk factors among patients with chronic kidney disease: a registry-based study [PDF]

BMC Nephrology
Background Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are susceptible to acquiring opportunistic parasites due to acquired immunodeficiency caused by uremia. Therefore, the present case–control study attempted to determine the prevalence of T.
Mahbobeh Montazeri, Mahdi Fakhar, Omid Sedighi, Atieh Makhlough, Rabeeh Tabaripour, Maryam Nakhaei, Mostafa Soleymani   +6 more
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Efficacy of amniotic fluid, blood and urine samples for the diagnosis of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women candidates for amniocentesis using serological and molecular techniques [PDF]

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Backgrounds Toxoplasmosis, a prevalent parasitic infection, is primarily caused by Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii). This infection poses a significant threat to neonates during pregnancy and individuals with compromised immune systems.
Rohallah Abedian, Bahman Rahimi Esboei, Shirafkan Kordi, Hadi Shokrollahnia Roshan, Hajar Ziaei Hezarjaribi, Zahra Rahmani, Mahbobeh Montazeri, Mahdi Fakhar   +7 more
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Fiberoptic Bronchoscopic Findings in Patients Suffering from Emerging Pulmonary Lophomoniasis: A First Registry-Based Clinical Study

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background. Lophomonas blattarum is an emerging protozoan agent that mainly infects the lower respiratory system, causing pulmonary lophomoniasis.
Masoud Aliyali, Amirmasoud Taheri, Mahdi Fakhar, Ali Sharifpour, Maryam Nakhaei, Siavash Abedi, Hossein Mehravaran, Sepideh Safanavaei   +7 more
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Global Status of Emerging Lophomonas Infection: A Systematic Review of Reported Cases (1993—2020)

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2022
Purpose. Lophomonas spp., is an emerging protozoan parasite that belongs to the Parabasalids (Parabasalia, lophomonadida) which infects the respiratory tracts of humans.
Maryam Nakhaei, Mahdi Fakhar, Ali Sharifpour, Hajar Ziaei Hezarjaribi, Elham Sadat Banimostafavi, Eisa Nazar   +5 more
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Molecular Evidence of Emerged Pulmonary Lophomoniasis due to Lophomonas blattarum among Hospitalized Patients in Southwestern Iran: A National Registry-Based Study

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2022
Objectives. Lophomonas protozoan is an emerging pathogen transmitted through arthropods such as cockroaches. Lophomoniasis is still a mysterious disease with many unknown epidemiological aspects.
Kobra Mokhtarian, Simin Taghipour, Maryam Nakhaei, Amirmasoud Taheri, Ali Sharifpour, Mahdi Fakhar, Hajar Ziaei Hezarjaribi   +6 more
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Congenital toxoplasmosis among Iranian neonates: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

Epidemiology and Health, 2019
Toxoplasmosis is a serious zoonotic disease that can lead to abortion and congenital disorders and has a widespread global distribution in humans and animals.
Shahabeddin Sarvi, Tooran Nayeri Chegeni, Mehdi Sharif, Mahbobeh Montazeri, Seyed Abdollah Hosseini, Afsaneh Amouei, Zahra Hosseininejad, Davood Anvari, Reza Saberi, Shaban Gohardehi, Ahmad Daryani   +10 more
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Geospatial analysis and epidemiological aspects of human infections with in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran [PDF]

Epidemiology and Health, 2019
OBJECTIVES Blastocystis hominis is a very common large intestinal protozoan with global prevalence in humans and non-human hosts. No precise statistics exist regarding the geographical distribution of Blastocystis that would enable the identification of ...
Shabnam Asfaram, Ahmad Daryani, Shahabeddin Sarvi, Abdol Sattar Pagheh, Seyed Abdollah Hosseini, Reza Saberi, Seyede Mahboobeh Hoseiny, Masoud Soosaraei, Mehdi Sharif   +8 more
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Post‐COVID‐19 co‐morbidity of emerged Lophomonas infection and invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: First case report

Clinical Case Reports, 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.
Ali Sharifpour, Zakaria Zakariaei, Mahdi Fakhar, Elham Sadat Banimostafavi, Maryam Nakhaei, Mostafa Soleymani   +5 more
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Toxoplasmosis and pregnancy: Reliability of internet sources of information [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2015
Introduction. Health education of women of childbearing age has been shown to be an acceptable approach to the prevention of toxoplasmosis, the most frequent congenitally transmitted parasitic infection. Objective.
Bobić Branko, Štajner Tijana, Nikolić Aleksandra, Klun Ivana, Srbljanović Jelena, Đurković-Đaković Olgica   +5 more
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Fatal outcome following multiple bee stings: A rare case

Clinical Case Reports, 2022
Anaphylactic shock is an unexpected, life‐threatening, and sometimes fatal occurrence that affects patients in 75% of instances without a prior history of allergies. The severity of the reaction can vary among individuals.
Mahdi Fakhar, Zakaria Zakariaei, Ali Sharifpour, Mostafa Soleymani, Ashkan Zakariaei   +4 more
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