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Jeel Moya-Salazar1, Richard Salazar-Hernandez2, Madeleine Lopez-Hinostroza3

  • 1School of Medicine, Faculties of Health Science, Norbert Wiener University; Department of Pathology, Hospital Nacional Docente Madre Niño San Bartolomé, Lima, Peru.

Lung India : Official Organ of Indian Chest Society
|July 14, 2021
PubMed
Summary

Lophomonas infection, a parasitic respiratory illness, is increasingly reported in Peru. This case highlights the need for accurate cytological staining in diagnosing bronchopulmonary lophomoniasis, especially when microscopy is misleading.

Keywords:
Emerging diseaseLophomonas blattarumparasitepulmonary infection

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