Bronchopulmonary infection by Lophomonas blattarum in a pediatric patient after hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation: first report in Mexico.

Autor:	Saldaña NG; Service of Pediatric Infectology, National Institute of Pediatrics (NIP), Mexico City, Mexico., Mendoza FJO; Service of Pediatric Infectology, National Institute of Pediatrics (NIP), Mexico City, Mexico., Larrauri FR; Service of Pediatric Immunology, National Institute of Pediatrics (NIP), Mexico City, Mexico., Trujillo DMG; Service of Pediatric Infectology, National Institute of Pediatrics (NIP), Mexico City, Mexico., Montoya EV; Service of Pediatric Immunology, National Institute of Pediatrics (NIP), Mexico City, Mexico., De La Garza EA; Service of Pediatric Infectology, National Institute of Pediatrics (NIP), Mexico City, Mexico., Olguín HJ; Laboratory of Pharmacology, NIP and Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of thoracic disease [J Thorac Dis] 2017 Oct; Vol. 9 (10), pp. E899-E902.
DOI:	10.21037/jtd.2017.09.19
Abstrakt:	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. Competing Interests: Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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