TB Research

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

Amirmasoud Taheri, Mahdi Fakhar, Ali Sharifpour, Maryam Nakhaei, Elham Sadat Banimostafavi

Oxford Medical Case Reports · 2022-07

Abstract

ABSTRACT 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.

MeSH terms

  • Medicine
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Disease
  • Intensive care medicine
  • Pulmonary disease
  • Tuberculosis
  • Mycobacterium
  • Immunology