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Molecular Identification of Tritrichomonas foetus -Like Organisms as Coinfecting Agents of Human Pneumocystis Pneumonia

2006; American Society for Microbiology; Volume: 44; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1128/jcm.44.3.1165-1168.2006

1098-660X

C Duboucher, Stéphanie Caby, Fabienne Dufernez, Magali Chabé, Nausicaa Gantois, Pilar Delgado‐Viscogliosi, Christophe Billy, Éric Barré, Edith Torabi, Moníque Capron, Raymond J. Pierce, Eduardo Dei‐Cas, Éric Viscogliosi,

Cervical Cancer and HPV Research

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.