First Case Report of Sinusitis with Lophomonas blattarum from Iran

Joint Authors

Berenji, Fariba
Parian, Mahmoud
Fata, Abdolmajid
Bakhshaee, Mahdi
Fattahi, Fereshte

Source

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases

Issue

Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-2, 2 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2016-02-04

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

2

Main Subjects

Diseases

Abstract EN

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.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Berenji, Fariba& Parian, Mahmoud& Fata, Abdolmajid& Bakhshaee, Mahdi& Fattahi, Fereshte. 2016. First Case Report of Sinusitis with Lophomonas blattarum from Iran. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-2.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Berenji, Fariba…[et al.]. First Case Report of Sinusitis with Lophomonas blattarum from Iran. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-2.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Berenji, Fariba& Parian, Mahmoud& Fata, Abdolmajid& Bakhshaee, Mahdi& Fattahi, Fereshte. First Case Report of Sinusitis with Lophomonas blattarum from Iran. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-2.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1100955

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1100955