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Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
Print version ISSN 1726-4634
Abstract
VIDAL, Claudio; BARTHEL, Elizabeth and RODRIGUEZ, María de los Ángeles. Lung infection by Lophomonas spp. in a female patient with acute myeloid leukemia. Rev. perú. med. exp. salud publica [online]. 2018, vol.35, n.3, pp.527-530. ISSN 1726-4634. http://dx.doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2018.353.3683.
Protozoic infections are prevalent worldwide, particularly in immunosuppressed patients. We reported the case of a patient from the city of Viña del Mar, Chile, a carrier of acute myeloid leukemia in whom an infection by Lophomonas sp. was confirmed by bronchoalveolar lavage. She was treated with antibiotics but died of complications of the underlying disease. There is little literature available on this microorganism. We conclude that Lophomonas sp. should be considered as a diagnostic possibility if protozoa are found in bronchoalveolar lavage of immunosuppressed patients.
Keywords : Protozoal infections; Infection; Acute myeloid leukemia.