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__Lophomonas blattarum__ (__L. blattarum__) is a protozoan parasite living in intestinal tracts of termites and cockroaches. Chen and Meng from China repoted first case of pulmonary __L. blattarum__ infection in 1993. 137 cases have only been reported in literature between 1993 to 2013. Majority of these infections occur in immunocompromised patients and have been reported from China. We report a case of this rare entity in an immunocompetent young Indian male.

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Author

Rahul Tyagi; KavitaBala Anand; Kishore Teple; RajkumarSingh Negi

Published

2016

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)