Title :

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

Author(s) :

Duboucher, Christophe [Auteur]
Caby, Stéphanie [Auteur]
Dufernez, Fabienne [Auteur]
Chabé, Magali [Auteur]
Centre d’Infection et d’Immunité de Lille - INSERM U 1019 - UMR 9017 - UMR 8204 [CIIL]
Gantois, Nausicaa [Auteur]
Centre d’Infection et d’Immunité de Lille - INSERM U 1019 - UMR 9017 - UMR 8204 [CIIL]
Delgado-Viscogliosi, Pilar [Auteur]
Billy, Christophe [Auteur]
Barré, Eric [Auteur]
Torabi, Edith [Auteur]
Capron, Monique [Auteur]
Pierce, Raymond [Auteur]
Dei-Cas, Eduardo [Auteur]
Viscogliosi, Eric [Auteur]
Centre d’Infection et d’Immunité de Lille - INSERM U 1019 - UMR 9017 - UMR 8204 [CIIL]

Publisher :

American Society for Microbiology

Publication date :

2006-03

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

English abstract : [en]

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 ...
Show more >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.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

• Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille (CIIL) - U1019 - UMR 9017

Source :

Harvested from HAL