Isolation of a protozoan parasite genetically related to the insect trypanosomatid Herpetomonas samuelpessoai from a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient.
Severely immunocompromised human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients can develop various opportunistic infections due to bacteria, viruses, fungi, or protozoa. Here we report the first isolation of a flagellated protozoan genetically closely related to Herpetomonas samuelpessoai, which is usually a parasite of insects, from the blood of an HIV-infected patient.
Morio
Florent
F
Department of Parasitology, French National Reference Centre on Leishmaniasis, 163 rue Auguste Broussonnet, 34090 Montpellier, France. christophe.ravel@univ-montp1.fr
Reynes
Jacques
J
Dollet
Michel
M
Pratlong
Francine
F
Dedet
Jean-Pierre
JP
Ravel
Christophe
C
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001769:Blood / Q000469:parasitology; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000469:parasitology*; D016053:RNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000235:genetics; D012341:RNA, Ribosomal, 5S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology; D014351:Trypanosomatina / Q000235:genetics
D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D016053:RNA, Protozoan; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S; D012341:RNA, Ribosomal, 5S