<i>Lophomonas</i> and <i>Mycobacterium</i> co-infection: the first molecular evidence to overcome potential diagnostic pitfalls

Lophomoniasis is an emerging protozoan disease that mostly involves the lungs. Because the disease has similar symptoms to other pulmonary infections such as tuberculosis, most cases are underdiagnosed. Here, we present a patient with co-infection of Lophomonas / Mycobacterium .