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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2006, p. 1165-1168, Vol. 44, No. 3
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.3.1165-1168.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

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

Christophe Duboucher,1* Stéphanie Caby,2 Fabienne Dufernez,2 Magali Chabé,3 Nausicaa Gantois,3 Pilar Delgado-Viscogliosi,4 Christophe Billy,5 Eric Barré,6 Edith Torabi,7 Monique Capron,2 Raymond J. Pierce,2 Eduardo Dei-Cas,3 and Eric Viscogliosi2

Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy/Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pathologique, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France,1 Inserm, U547, Institut Pasteur, Lille, France,2 Institut Pasteur, Laboratoire d'Ecologie du Parasitisme (EA3609) et Faculté de Médecine, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire (Université de Lille-2), Lille, France,3 Institut Pasteur, Département Eaux et Environnement, Lille, France,4 Hôpital de Mantes, Service de Médecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses, Mantes-la-Jolie, France,5 Hôpital de Mantes, Service de Réanimation, Mantes-la-Jolie, France,6 Hôpital de Mantes, Service de Pneumologie, Mantes-la-Jolie, France7

Received 19 October 2005/ Returned for modification 13 November 2005/ Accepted 23 December 2005

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Hôpital de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pathologique, 20 rue Armagis, 78100 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. Phone: 33 1 39 27 42 10. Fax: 33 1 39 27 42 14. E-mail: christophe.duboucher{at}online.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2006, p. 1165-1168, Vol. 44, No. 3
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.3.1165-1168.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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