Open AccessMolecular Identification of Tritrichomonas foetus -Like Organisms as Coinfecting Agents of Human Pneumocystis Pneumonia
Author(s) -
C Duboucher,
Stéphanie Caby,
Fabienne Dufernez,
Magali Chabé,
Nausicaa 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.
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom