Trichomonas in pleural effusion

Radosavljevic-Asic, G.; Jovanović, Dragana; Radovanovic, Dragce; Tucakovic, M

doi:10.1183/09031936.94.07101906

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“…Transmission is through saliva, droplet spray, and kissing or use of contaminated dishes and drinking water (4,11,15). Bronchopulmonary infections caused by T. tenax have been reported mainly in patients with underlying cancers or other lung diseases (4,6,9,11,13,(15)(16)(17). The organism is believed to enter the respiratory tract by aspiration from the oropharynx.…”

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Molecular Characterization of Trichomonas tenax Causing Pulmonary Infection

Mallat¹,

Podglajen²,

Lavarde³

et al. 2004

J Clin Microbiol

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A 58-year-old man presented with retrosternal pain 30 months after a surgical operation for reflux esophagitis in relation to Barrett's esophagus. Gastroscopy revealed an ulcer of the inferior part of the esophagus, which on biopsy proved to be an adenocarcinoma. Additional surgery was performed through the abdomen and through the thorax via the sixth intercostal space. Resection of the lower part of the esophagus and high anastomosis were performed because of nondilatable peptic stenosis. Two chest tubes were put in place: one draining the right pleura and the other in contact with the anastomosis. On the second postoperative day, a sepsis-like syndrome including bronchospasm developed with increasing ventilation requirements. A chest radiograph revealed no abnormalities, and a perfusion computed tomography (CT) scan did not show pulmonary thromboembolism. Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid and gentamicin were given for 8 days despite various bacteriological analyses that were all sterile, including 10 blood samples, 3 pleural fluid samples, 1 bronchoalveolar lavage, 1 bronchial aspiration, and 1 urine sample. The patient improved partially, and the pleural tube was removed. On the 13th postoperative day, the patient was still ventilator dependent. Fever recurred, and biological investigations showed a leukocyte count of 11,700/mm 3 and a C-reactive protein level of 128 mg/liter. A chest CT scan revealed a small collection of 1 cm in diameter in contact with the posterior part of the anastomosis and a new infiltrate of the left lung parenchyma located in the apical segment of the lower lobe. Analysis of the fluids from both bronchoalveolar lavage and chest tube showed a large number of neutrophils and numerous flagellated, motile organisms with the typical appearance of trichomonads, visible on wet preparations and Giemsa staining. Culture of bronchoalveolar fluid yielded Neisseria lactamica, while culture of tube fluid yielded alpha-and beta-hemolytic streptococci and Haemophilus parainfluenzae. Treatment with metronidazole, piperacillintazobactam, and gentamicin was started. Trichomonads were not found in the drained fluid, and a chest CT scan showed the resolution of the collection and no change in pulmonary parenchyma 3 and 5 days after the initiation of metronidazole therapy, respectively. The CT scan failed to show passage of contrast material from the esophageal suture line into the mediastinum. Antibiotics, including metronidazole, were continued for 10 days, and the tube was removed later. However, the patient had remained ventilator dependent since the operation. Ischemic brain damage of unknown origin was revealed by cerebral magnetic resonance imaging, and the patient remained in a deep coma for 1 week and then died.In order to identify the species of Trichomonas, we amplified directly from the bronchoalveolar fluid and sequenced the 5.8S rRNA gene and the internal transcribed spacer flanking regions (ITS1 and ITS2) with the forward and reverse primers TRICHO-F and TRICHO-R (5Ј-CGGTAGGTGAACCTGC CGTT-3Ј and...

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Molecular Characterization of Trichomonas tenax Causing Pulmonary Infection

Mallat¹,

Podglajen²,

Lavarde³

et al. 2004

J Clin Microbiol

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“…5 Pulmonary trichomoniasis is usually caused by aspirated T. tenax, and most of patients have underlying diseases such as AIDS, 6 diabetes mellitus, 1 asthma, 9 systemic lupus erythematosus, 10 cancer, 11,12 or chronic alcohol abuse. 13,14 The protozoa feed on bacteria, and trichomonas infection usually includes oral or respiratory bacteria (eg, Streptococcus constellatus, 1 Hemophilus parainfluenzae, 7 Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 8 Pneumocystis carinii 6 ). Our patient's co-infection was with nutritionally variant streptococci, which are found as a normal flora of the upper respiratory, urogenital, and gastrointestinal tracts of humans.…”

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Trichomonas Empyema With Respiratory Failure

Wang

Jerng²,

Su³

et al. 2006

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Pulmonary trichomoniasis is rare, and few cases of trichomonas empyema have been reported in the literature. We describe a rare case of a non-immunocompromised 55-year-old man with Trichomonas empyema presenting with bilateral pleural effusion leading to respiratory failure. Examination of the pleural effusion showed numerous motile organisms by fresh wet preparation that were identified as Trichomonas species by Liu stain. The patient was successfully treated with metronidazole, ampicillin/clavunalate, fibrinolytic therapy, and thoracotomy decortication.

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“…Ula şı la bi len dokuz ol - Infectious Diseases Erdoğan et al gu su nu mu Tab lo 1'de özet len miş tir. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Bu ol gu ların Yedisinde eş lik en az bir bak te ri kül tür de üre tilmiş ve bi ri sin de ise ab se nin kül tü rün de üre ti le meme si ne rağ men gram bo ya ma sın da gram po zi tif kok ve gram ne ga tif bak te ri ler gös te ril miştir.…”

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“…Li te ra tür de bil di ri len ol gu la rın te da vi si ne met ra ni da zol da ek len miş tir. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Has ta mı zın ta kibin de pi pe ra si lin/ta zo bak tam ve met ro ni da zol teda vi si al tın day ken tü bün ye rin de çık ma sı so nu cu gö ğüs du va rın da nek ro ti zan fa si it ge liş miş tir. Tekrar la yı cı cer ra hi deb rit man uy gu lan mış ve deb ritman son ra sı alı nan ör nek ler de üre me sap tan mamış tır.…”

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