Molecular identification of Tritrichomonas foetus-like organisms as coinfecting agents of human Pneumocystis pneumonia.
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.
Duboucher
Christophe
C
Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy/Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pathologique, France. christophe.duboucher@online.fr
Caby
Stéphanie
S
Dufernez
Fabienne
F
Chabé
Magali
M
Gantois
Nausicaa
N
Delgado-Viscogliosi
Pilar
P
Billy
Christophe
C
Barré
Eric
E
Torabi
Edith
E
Capron
Monique
M
Pierce
Raymond J
RJ
Dei-Cas
Eduardo
E
Viscogliosi
Eric
E
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
D016054:DNA, Protozoan