Clinical and Radiological Characteristics of Patients with Lophomonas blattarum Detected in Bronchial Lavage: A Single-Center Experience
Demet Polat Yulug, Hakan Dedeoglu, Fatma Sevval Unal, Nurbanu Yasar, Damla Hazal Sucu, Nuran Delialioglu, Sibel Nayci, Eylem Sercan Ozgur · 2026
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Demet Polat Yulug and seven co-authors profiled fifty-one patients whose lung washings held a rare protozoan in a 2026 paper. The organism, Lophomonas blattarum, is turning up more often in airway samples. Records from one Turkish center over two years were read for symptoms, scans, and outcomes.
Illness was mostly chronic: nearly three quarters had symptoms past eight weeks, led by cough, sputum, and breathlessness, with fever rare. Diabetes, high blood pressure, past tuberculosis, cancer, and immune suppression were all common in the group. Scans varied widely, with nodules and hazy patches most frequent and swollen chest nodes in about half. Just over half received an antiparasitic drug, and about a fifth showed scan improvement.
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| CREATOR | Demet Polat Yulug, Hakan Dedeoglu, Fatma Sevval Unal, Nurbanu Yasar, Damla Hazal Sucu, Nuran Delialioglu, Sibel Nayci, Eylem Sercan Ozgur |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |