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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2009, p. 2336-2339, Vol. 47, No. 7
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00353-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Molecular Characterization of a New Tetratrichomonas Species in a Patient with Empyema{triangledown}

Cléa Mantini,1,{dagger} Laetitia Souppart,1,{dagger} Christophe Noël,2 Thanh Hai Duong,3 Michel Mornet,4 Guy Carroger,4 Pierre Dupont,3 Elodie Masseret,3 Julien Goustille,3 Monique Capron,1 Christophe Duboucher,5 Eduardo Dei-Cas,6 and Eric Viscogliosi1*

INSERM, U547, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Université Lille Nord de France, Lille, France,1 School of Biology, Institute for Research on Environment and Sustainability, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom,2 Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Tours, Tours, France,3 Centre Hospitalier Jacques-Coeur, Bourges, France,4 Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy/Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France,5 Laboratoire d'Ecologie du Parasitisme (EA3609) et Faculté de Médecine, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire (Université Lille Nord de France) and Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France6

Received 17 February 2009/ Returned for modification 25 March 2009/ Accepted 18 April 2009

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut Pasteur, INSERM U547, 1 rue du Professeur Calmette, BP 245, 59019 Lille cedex, France. Phone: 33 3 20 87 79 61. Fax: 33 3 20 87 78 88. E-mail: eric.viscogliosi{at}pasteur-lille.fr

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 6 May 2009.

{dagger} C. Mantini and L. Souppart were equally involved in this work and should be considered first authors.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2009, p. 2336-2339, Vol. 47, No. 7
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00353-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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