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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2008, p. 3845-3847, Vol. 46, No. 11
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01098-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Isolation of a Protozoan Parasite Genetically Related to the Insect Trypanosomatid Herpetomonas samuelpessoai from a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Patient{triangledown}

Florent Morio,1 Jacques Reynes,2 Michel Dollet,3 Francine Pratlong,1 Jean-Pierre Dedet,1 and Christophe Ravel1*

Laboratory of Parasitology and Mycology, French National Reference Centre on Leishmaniasis, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France,1 Department of Infectious Diseases, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France,2 CIRAD, International Campus of Baillarguet, Montpellier, France3

Received 10 June 2008/ Returned for modification 21 July 2008/ Accepted 18 September 2008

Severely immunocompromised human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients can develop various opportunistic infections due to bacteria, viruses, fungi, or protozoa. Here we report the first isolation of a flagellated protozoan genetically closely related to Herpetomonas samuelpessoai, which is usually a parasite of insects, from the blood of an HIV-infected patient.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Parasitology, French National Reference Centre on Leishmaniasis, 163 rue Auguste Broussonnet, 34090 Montpellier, France. Phone: 33 467 632 751. Fax: 33 467 630 049. E-mail: christophe.ravel{at}univ-montp1.fr

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 1 October 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2008, p. 3845-3847, Vol. 46, No. 11
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01098-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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