Lophomonas as a respiratory pathogen—jumping the gun

A Mewara, GH Gile, B Mathison, H Zhao… - Journal of clinical …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human infections with the protozoan Lophomonas have been increasingly reported in the
medical literature over the past three decades. Initial reports were based on microscopic …

Origin of mutualism between termites and flagellated gut protists: transition from horizontal to vertical transmission

CA Nalepa - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Lower termites, as well as their sister group, the subsocial wood-feeding cockroach
Cryptocercus, rely on flagellated eukaryotic symbionts in the hindgut to cooperatively digest …

Morphological and Molecular Identification of Emerged Lophomonas blattarum Infection in Mazandaran Province, Northern Iran: First Registry-Based Study

M Fakhar, M Nakhaei, A Sharifpour, S Safanavaei… - Acta Parasitologica, 2021 - Springer
Background In the last decade, several cases of bronchopulmonary lophomoniasis (BPL)
have been recorded. Little information is available about epidemiological aspects on …

First Co-morbidity of Lophomonas blattarum and COVID-19 Infections: Confirmed Using Molecular Approach

M Nakhaei, M Fakhar, A Sharifpour… - Acta Parasitologica, 2022 - Springer
Introduction Lophomoniasis is caused by Lophomonas spp., a new emerging protozoan,
which commonly affects the human lower respiratory tract. The Lophomonas parasite mostly …

Pulmonary Infection with Lophomonas blattarum

Q Ding, K Shen - The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2021 - Springer
Objective To describe the characteristics of Lophomonas blattarum infection in children
based on a retrospective review of medical records data from Beijing Children's Hospital …

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

M Nakhaei, M Fakhar, A Sharifpour… - Interdisciplinary …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose. Lophomonas spp., is an emerging protozoan parasite that belongs to the
Parabasalids (Parabasalia, lophomonadida) which infects the respiratory tracts of humans …

Cavitary pulmonary lesions following emerging lophomoniasis: a novel perspective

A Taheri, M Fakhar, A Sharifpour… - Respirology Case …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, we report a patient referred to the clinic of Imam Khomeini Hospital in Sari,
Mazandaran, northern Iran, with a 3‐month complaint of chronic cough and weight loss …

True molecular phylogenetic position of the cockroach gut commensal Lophomonas blattarum (Lophomonadida, Parabasalia)

LA Nguyen, SJ Taerum… - Journal of Eukaryotic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Lophomonas blattarum is a facultative commensal gut dweller of common pest cockroaches.
Its cells are roughly spherical in shape with an apical tuft of~ 50 flagella. Controversially, it …

Lophomonas blattarum: A new flagellate causing respiratory tract infections

A Chaudhury, SC Parija - Tropical Parasitology, 2020 - journals.lww.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Post‐COVID‐19 co‐morbidity of emerged Lophomonas infection and invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: first case report

A Sharifpour, Z Zakariaei, M Fakhar… - Clinical Case …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Post‐COVID‐19 co‐morbidity of emerged Lophomonas infection and invasive pulmonary
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