Publication Name	World Journal of Clinical Cases
Manuscript ID	42031
Country	China

Category	Respiratory System
Manuscript Type	Case Report
Article Title	Authenticity of pulmonary Lophomonas blattarum infection: A case report
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Shuang-Shuang Meng, Zhi-Feng Dai, Hui-Chao Wang, Yu-Xia Li, Dan-Dan Wei, Rui-Lin Yang and Xu-Hong Lin
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number National Natural Science Foundation of China 81500430 National Natural Science Foundation of China U1304802 the Science and Technology Planning Project of Henan Province 182102310567 the Science and Technology Planning Project of Henan Province 182102310544 the Science and Technology Planning Project of Henan Province 182102310566 the Henan Medical Science and Technology Tackling Project 201702136 the Key Project of Science and Technology Research of the Education Department of Henan 17A320019
Corresponding Author	Xu-Hong Lin, MD, Reader (Associate Professor), Department of Clinical Laboratory, Translational Medicine Center, Huaihe Hospital Affiliated to Henan University, 115 Ximen Street, Kaifeng 475000, Henan Province, China. 800726lxh@tongji.edu.cn
Key Words	Multiflagellated protozoan; Respiratory disease; Parasitic infection; Case report
Core Tip	Lophomonas blattarum is a rare cause of respiratory infection. Nonspecific clinical symptoms and signs confuse diagnosis. On the other hand, it is easily misdiagnosed probably because of a set of common morphological features between multiflagellated protozoan and ciliated epithelial cells. Therefore, we reviewed the difficulties encountered during the diagnosis so that improve the understanding of this disease and reduce the incidence of incorrect and missed diagnoses.
Citation	Meng SS, Dai ZF, Li YX, Wei DD, Yang YL, Lin XH. Authenticity of pulmonary Lophomonas blattarum infection: A case report. World J Clin Cases 2019; 7(1): 96-102

Received	2018-09-05 02:05
Peer-Review Started	2018-09-06 01:57
To Make the First Decision	2018-10-19 02:34
Return for Revision	2018-10-23 01:19
Revised	2018-10-28 03:21
Second Decision	2018-12-07 09:17
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Company Editor-in-Chief	2018-12-08 06:28
Articles in Press	2018-12-08 06:28
Publication Fee Transferred
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor	2018-12-13 07:15
Typeset the Manuscript	2019-01-03 08:39

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