Trichomonads in pleural effusion: Case report, literature review and utility of PCR for species identification

New Microbiologica

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-87

  Leterrier, Marion ^a   Morio, Florent ^b,c   Renard, BenoÎt ^a   Poirier, Anne Sophie ^a   Miegeville, Michel ^b,c   Chambreuil, Guy ^a  

^a Service de Reanimation Polyvalente   (France)

^b NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Lungs; Metronidazole; Molecular identification; Pleurisy; Trichomonads

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 5.8S;

AGED; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLEURAL EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS;

MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); TRICHOMONADIDA; TRICHOMONAS TENAX;

EID: 84856932986     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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