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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the incidence of the association of Trichomonas and Pneumocystis in the lung. STUDY DESIGN: Sixty-six bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) samples from immunocompromised patients with pneumocystosis were retrospectively examined microscopically. RESULTS: Trichomonads were found as coinfecting agents in 60% of BALF samples. The frequency and abundance of trichomonads was increased, up to 100%, in cases rich in Pneumocystis. CONCLUSION: The data suggest that pulmonary Trichomonas infection occurs frequently in the course of Pneumocystis pneumonia. The role of trichomonads in causing alveolar damage during Pneumocystis pneumonia is hypothetical.
Author(s): Duboucher C, Gerbod D, Noel C, Durand-Joly I, Delgado-Viscogliosi P, Leclerc C, Pham S, Capron M, Dei-Cas E, Viscogliosi E
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Acta Cytologica
Year: 2005
Volume: 49
Issue: 3
Pages: 273-277
ISSN (print): 0001-5547
ISSN (electronic): 1938-2650
Publisher: S. Karger AG
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=15966289
