title: Lophomonas blattaruminfection in immunocompetent patient.
abstract: 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 pulmonaryL. blattaruminfection 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, INHS Asvini, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Rahul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tyagi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, INHS Asvini, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Kavita Bala
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Anand
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, INHS Asvini, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Kishore
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Teple
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis and Interventional Radiology, INHS Asvini, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Rajkumar Singh
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Negi
keywords: Eosinophilia; Lophomonas; immunocompetent