First Case Report of Sinusitis with Lophomonas blattarum from Iran

Introduction. Lophomonas blattarum is a rare cause of bronchopulmonary and sinus infection. This paper presents a rare case of Lophomonas sinusitis. Case Presentation. The patient was a 31-year-old woman who was admitted because of a history of upper respiratory infection and sinusitis. Direct micro...

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Autores principales: Berenji, Fariba, Parian, Mahmoud, Fata, Abdolmajid, Bakhshaee, Mahdi, Fattahi, Fereshte
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4757678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26966601
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2614187
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author Berenji, Fariba
Parian, Mahmoud
Fata, Abdolmajid
Bakhshaee, Mahdi
Fattahi, Fereshte
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description Introduction. Lophomonas blattarum is a rare cause of bronchopulmonary and sinus infection. This paper presents a rare case of Lophomonas sinusitis. Case Presentation. The patient was a 31-year-old woman who was admitted because of a history of upper respiratory infection and sinusitis. Direct microscopic examination of the sputum and nasal discharge showed large numbers of living Lophomonas blattarum with irregular movement of flagella. The patient was successfully treated by Metronidazole 750 mg t.i.d. for 30 days. Conclusions. This is the first case report of Lophomonas blattarum sinusitis from Iran.
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spelling pubmed-47576782016-03-10 First Case Report of Sinusitis with Lophomonas blattarum from Iran Berenji, Fariba Parian, Mahmoud Fata, Abdolmajid Bakhshaee, Mahdi Fattahi, Fereshte Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report Introduction. Lophomonas blattarum is a rare cause of bronchopulmonary and sinus infection. This paper presents a rare case of Lophomonas sinusitis. Case Presentation. The patient was a 31-year-old woman who was admitted because of a history of upper respiratory infection and sinusitis. Direct microscopic examination of the sputum and nasal discharge showed large numbers of living Lophomonas blattarum with irregular movement of flagella. The patient was successfully treated by Metronidazole 750 mg t.i.d. for 30 days. Conclusions. This is the first case report of Lophomonas blattarum sinusitis from Iran. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-02-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4757678/ /pubmed/26966601 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2614187 Text en Copyright © 2016 Fariba Berenji et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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