• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Molecular Identification of Tritrichomonas foetus -Like Organisms as Coinfecting Agents of Human Pneumocystis Pneumonia
  • Contributor: Duboucher, Christophe; Caby, Stéphanie; Dufernez, Fabienne; Chabé, Magali; Gantois, Nausicaa; Delgado-Viscogliosi, Pilar; Billy, Christophe; Barré, Eric; Torabi, Edith; Capron, Monique; Pierce, Raymond J.; Dei-Cas, Eduardo; Viscogliosi, Eric
  • Published: American Society for Microbiology, 2006
  • Published in: Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 44 (2006) 3, Seite 1165-1168
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1128/jcm.44.3.1165-1168.2006
  • ISSN: 1098-660X; 0095-1137
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  • Description: ABSTRACT Trichomonads closely related to the bovid parasite Tritrichomonas foetus were identified in the bronchoalveolar lavage sample from a patient with AIDS in association with Pneumocystis pneumonia. This human case of T. foetus -like infection emphasizes the zoonotic potential of trichomonads, although the existence of a human-host-adapted T. foetus strain cannot be excluded.
  • Access State: Open Access