Trichomonas tenax empyema in an immunocompromised patient with advanced cancer

Authors
Shiota, T Arizono, N Morimoto, T Shimatsu, A Nakao, K
Citation
T. Shiota et al., Trichomonas tenax empyema in an immunocompromised patient with advanced cancer, PARASITE, 5(4), 1998, pp. 375-377
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
PARASITE-JOURNAL DE LA SOCIETE FRANCAISE DE PARASITOLOGIE
ISSN journal
1252607X → ACNP
Volume
5
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
375 - 377
Database
ISI
SICI code
1252-607X(199812)5:4<375:TTEIAI>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A 53-year-old mole acromegalic patient with advanced rectal adenocarcinoma developed pleuritis in the course of cobalt irradiation, steroid treatment and chemotherapy. Examination of drained pleural fluid demonstrated numerou s motile organisms, which were identified as Trichomonas tenax by Giemsa st aining. Peptostreptococcus micros wets also detected in the cultures of ple ural fluid and blood. Treatment with metronidazole successfully eliminated the protozoa and cured the pyothorax.