Molecular identification of Tritrichomonas foetus-like organisms as coinfecting agents of human Pneumocystis pneumonia

J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Mar;44(3):1165-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.44.3.1165-1168.2006.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / complications*
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / parasitology
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / parasitology
  • DNA, Protozoan / genetics
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / complications*
  • Protozoan Infections / complications*
  • Protozoan Infections / parasitology
  • Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
  • Tritrichomonas foetus / genetics
  • Tritrichomonas foetus / isolation & purification*
  • Tritrichomonas foetus / pathogenicity
  • Zoonoses / parasitology

Substances

  • DNA, Protozoan

Associated data

  • GENBANK/DQ243910
  • GENBANK/DQ243911
  • GENBANK/DQ243912