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.
Mantini
Cléa
C
Institut Pasteur de Lille, INSERM U547, Université Lille Nord de France, Lille, France.
Souppart
Laetitia
L
Noël
Christophe
C
Duong
Thanh Hai
TH
Mornet
Michel
M
Carroger
Guy
G
Dupont
Pierre
P
Masseret
Elodie
E
Goustille
Julien
J
Capron
Monique
M
Duboucher
Christophe
C
Dei-Cas
Eduardo
E
Viscogliosi
Eric
E
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