TY  - JOUR
AU  - González Saldaña, Napoleón
AU  - Otero Mendoza, Francisco Javier
AU  - Rivas Larrauri, Francisco
AU  - Galvis Trujillo, Diego Mauricio
AU  - Venegas Montoya, Edna
AU  - De La Garza, Eduardo Arias
AU  - Juárez Olguín, Hugo
PY  - 2017
TI  - Bronchopulmonary infection by Lophomonas blattarum in a pediatric patient after hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation: first report in Mexico
JF  - Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 9, No 10 (October 31, 2017): Journal of Thoracic Disease
Y2  - 2017
KW  - 
N2  - Lophomonas blattarum is a multiflagellated protozoon which parasitizes the gut of termites and cockroaches. Although L. blattarum infection is rare, it can affect lung, maxillary sinuses and genitourinary tract. The presentation of bronchopulmonary lophomonas includes nonspecific symptoms such as fever, cough and dyspnea. Diagnosis is based on identification of living protozoan forms in fresh samples from respiratory secretions (bronchoalveolar lavage). We report the case of a 2-year-old male with a history of severe combined immunodeficiency (T-, B-, NK-), post-hematopoietic stem cell transplant and full immune reconstitution 12 months following a successful transplant who thereafter presented lophomonas.
UR  - https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/15954