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- Title
Lophomonas blattarum infection in immunocompetent patient.
- Authors
Tyagi, Rahul; Teple, Kishore; Anand, Kavita Bala; Negi, Rajkumar Singh
- Abstract
Lophomonas blattarum (L. blattarum) is a protozoan parasite living in intestinal tracts of termites and cockroaches. Chen and Meng from China repoted first case of pulmonary L. blattarum infection in 1993. 137 cases have only been reported in literature between 1993 to 2013. Majority of these infections occur in immunocompromised patients and have been reported from China. We report a case of this rare entity in an immunocompetent young Indian male.
- Subjects
LUNG infections; IMMUNOCOMPETENT cells; PARASITES; PARASITIC protozoa; HOSTS of parasitic protozoa; AUSCULTATION; INSECTS
- Publication
Lung India, 2016, Vol 33, Issue 6, p667
- ISSN
0970-2113
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/0970-2113.192867