Lophomonas isolation in sputum sample at Peru

Jeel Moya-Salazar, Richard Salazar-Hernandez, Madeleine Lopez-Hinostroza, Hans Contreras-Pulache

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Abstract

Lophomonas infection is an emerging parasitic disease causing respiratory infections. After China, Peru is the second country with the highest number of cases. In the bright-field microscopy evaluation of fresh samples, most of them are incorrectly estimated. Therefore, correct identification using cytological stains is to be supplemented. We report a case of a 29-year-old male with typical clinical symptoms of pneumonia, marked eosinophilia, and noninfiltrative pattern in chest X-ray, who had bronchopulmonary lophomoniasis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)359-361
Number of pages3
JournalLung India
Volume38
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Emerging disease
  • Lophomonas blattarum
  • parasite
  • pulmonary infection

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