Molecular characterization of a new Tetratrichomonas species in a patient with empyema.
A new Tetratrichomonas species was identified by molecular and phylogenetic approaches in the pleural fluid from a patient with encysted empyema leading to dyspnea. This observation raised the questions of the real prevalence of pulmonary trichomonosis in humans, the zoonotic potential of trichomonads, and the existence of human-host-adapted strains.
Institut Pasteur de Lille, INSERM U547, Université Lille Nord de France, Lille, France.
Cléa
C
Mantini
Laetitia
L
Souppart
Christophe
C
Noël
Thanh Hai
TH
Duong
Michel
M
Mornet
Guy
G
Carroger
Pierre
P
Dupont
Elodie
E
Masseret
Julien
J
Goustille
Monique
M
Capron
Christophe
C
Duboucher
Eduardo
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Dei-Cas
Eric
E
Viscogliosi
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology*; D016053:RNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D012340:RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S / Q000235:genetics; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D016834:Trichomonadida / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D016053:RNA, Protozoan; D012340:RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S