Open AccessMolecular Identification of Tritrichomonas foetus -Like Organisms as Coinfecting Agents of Human Pneumocystis Pneumonia
Author(s) -
Christophe Duboucher,
Stéphanie Caby,
Fabienne Dufernez,
Magali Chabé,
Nausicâa Gantois,
Pilar DelgadoViscogliosi,
Christophe Billy,
Éric Barré,
Edith Torabi,
Moníque Capron,
Raymond J. Pierce,
Eduardo DeiCas,
Éric Viscogliosi
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.44.3.1165-1168.2006
Subject(s) - tritrichomonas foetus , biology , pneumocystis carinii , bronchoalveolar lavage , virology , pneumonia , fetus , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , protozoa , pneumocystis jirovecii , medicine , pregnancy , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , lung , genetics
Trichomonads closely related to the bovid parasiteTritrichomonas foetus were identified in the bronchoalveolar lavage sample from a patient with AIDS in association withPneumocystis pneumonia. This human case ofT. foetus -like infection emphasizes the zoonotic potential of trichomonads, although the existence of a human-host-adaptedT. foetus strain cannot be excluded.