Alba-Romero Jose de Jesus¹*, Garcia-Avila Luis-Uriel³, Alba-Romero Damari L² and Castro-Escarpulli Graciela³

¹Division of Postgraduate Studies and Research, Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Gomez Palace Unit, Juárez University of the State of Durango, Gomez Palace, Durango, Mexico
²Laboratory of Clinical Analysis Specialized Advisors of La Laguna, Gomez Palace, Durango, Mexico
³Clinical and Environmental Research Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, National School of Biological Sciences, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico

*Corresponding Author: Alba-Romero Jose de Jesus, Division of Postgraduate Studies and Research, Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Gomez Palace Unit, Juárez University of the State of Durango, Gomez Palace, Durango, Mexico.

Received: April 21, 2025; Published: May 09, 2025

Abstract

Pulmonary lophomoniasis is a disease caused by Lophomonas blattarum, a multiflagellate protozoan of the parabasalid family. L. blattarum is a commensal that lives in the intestinal tract of cockroaches and helps them degrade cellulose and organic matter. It affects humans with diseases that leave them in a state of immunosuppression, mainly generating chronic productive cough, hemoptysis, fever, pleural effusion and, in severe cases, pneumonia and death. The main objective was to identify L. blattarum in bronchoalveolar lavage samples from patients with different diagnoses such as persistent cough, tuberculosis, bronchial asthma, bacterial infections, fungi and lung cancer. Fresh analysis of 75 bronchoalveolar lavage samples was performed in 2024, observing the centrifugation of the samples under a microscope. L. blattarum was found in 32 samples (42.7%), representing the incidence of blattarum cases in northern Mexico. It is concluded that pulmonary lophomoniasis is an emerging disease that requires training in microscopic identification and specific staining to establish the diagnosis and prescribe the correct treatment.

Keywords: Lophomonas; Lophomonas blattarum; Pulmonary Lophomoniasis

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Citation

Citation: Alba-Romero Jose de Jesus., et al. “Diagnosis of Pulmonary Lophomoniasis in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Samples from Patients with Persistent Cough and Different Diagnoses".Acta Scientific Microbiology 8.6 (2025): 03-07.

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