title: Empyema with Trichomonas species.
abstract: A 35-year-old alcoholic male patient developed an empyema secondary to presumed aspiration pneumonia. Trichomonads were demonstrated on wet mounts and Wright-Giemsa-stained, air-dried smears of pleural fluid. Treatment with metronidazole, other antimicrobial drugs, and drainage was successful in curing the empyema.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D004653:Empyema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000469:parasitology; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000150:complications; D014245:Trichomonas Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology