title: Molecular identification of Tritrichomonas foetus-like organisms as coinfecting agents of human Pneumocystis pneumonia.
abstract: Trichomonads closely related to the bovid parasite Tritrichomonas foetus were identified in the bronchoalveolar lavage sample from a patient with AIDS in association with Pneumocystis pneumonia. This human case of T. foetus-like infection emphasizes the zoonotic potential of trichomonads, although the existence of a human-host-adapted T. foetus strain cannot be excluded.
authors.affiliation: Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy/Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pathologique, France. christophe.duboucher@online.fr
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duboucher
authors.forename: Stéphanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Caby
authors.forename: Fabienne
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dufernez
authors.forename: Magali
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chabé
authors.forename: Nausicaa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gantois
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Delgado-Viscogliosi
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Billy
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barré
authors.forename: Edith
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Torabi
authors.forename: Monique
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Capron
authors.forename: Raymond J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Pierce
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dei-Cas
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Viscogliosi
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000469:parasitology; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000150:complications*; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D016835:Tritrichomonas foetus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000469:parasitology
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan