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Putative Bronchopulmonary Flagellated Protozoa in Immunosuppressed Patients
Joint Authors
Çelik, Pınar
Yereli, Kor
Girginkardesler, Nogay
Özbilgin, Ahmet
Havlucu, Yavuz
Kilimcioglu, Ali Ahmet
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-04-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Flagellated protozoa that cause bronchopulmonary symptoms in humans are commonly neglected.
These protozoal forms which were presumed to be “flagellated protozoa” have been previously identified in immunosuppressed patients in a number of studies, but have not been certainly classified so far.
Since no human cases of bronchopulmonary flagellated protozoa were reported from Turkey, we aimed to investigate these putative protozoa in immunosuppressed patients who are particularly at risk of infectious diseases.
Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples of 110 immunosuppressed adult patients who were admitted to the Department of Chest Diseases, Hafsa Sultan Hospital of Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey, were examined in terms of parasites by light microscopy.
Flagellated protozoal forms were detected in nine (8.2%) of 110 cases.
Metronidazole (500 mg b.i.d.
for 30 days) was given to all positive cases and a second bronchoscopy was performed at the end of the treatment, which revealed no parasites.
In conclusion, immunosuppressed patients with bronchopulmonary symptoms should attentively be examined with regard to flagellated protozoa which can easily be misidentified as epithelial cells.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kilimcioglu, Ali Ahmet& Havlucu, Yavuz& Girginkardesler, Nogay& Çelik, Pınar& Yereli, Kor& Özbilgin, Ahmet. 2014. Putative Bronchopulmonary Flagellated Protozoa in Immunosuppressed Patients. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kilimcioglu, Ali Ahmet…[et al.]. Putative Bronchopulmonary Flagellated Protozoa in Immunosuppressed Patients. BioMed Research International No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Kilimcioglu, Ali Ahmet& Havlucu, Yavuz& Girginkardesler, Nogay& Çelik, Pınar& Yereli, Kor& Özbilgin, Ahmet. Putative Bronchopulmonary Flagellated Protozoa in Immunosuppressed Patients. BioMed Research International. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-507478
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-507478