Issue |
Parasite
Volume 5, Number 4, December 1998
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Page(s) | 375 - 377 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/1998054375 | |
Published online | 19 September 2014 |
Note de recherche
Trichomonas tenax empyema in an immunocompromised patient with advanced cancer
Empyème à Trichomonas tenax chez un patient immunodéprimé souffrant d’un cancer avancé
1
Department of Medical Zoology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi Hirokoji, Kamigyoku, Kyoto 602, Japan.
2
Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawara-cho, Sakyoku, Kyoto 606, Japan.
* Correspondance : Dr. Tsunezo Shiota. Tel.:075 251 5325 - Fax: 075 251 5328 E-mail: shiotats@basic.kpu-m.ac.jp
Received:
27
April
1998
Accepted:
27
June
1998
A 53-year-old male acromegalic patient with advanced rectal adenocarcinoma developed pleuritis in the course of cobalt irradiation, steroid treatment and chemotherapy. Examination of drained pleural fluid demonstrated numerous motile organisms, which were identified as Trichomonas tenax by Giemsa staining. Peptostreptococcus micros was also detected in the cultures of pleural fluid and blood. Treatment with metronidazole successfully eliminated the protozoa and cured the pyothorax.
Résumé
Un patient acromégalique âgé de 53 ans et souffrant d'un adénocarcinome rectal avancé a developpé une pleurésie au cours d'une irradiation au cobalt, d'un traitement aux stéroïdes et d'une chimiothérapie. L'examen du liquide pleural drainé a décelé de nombreux organismes mobiles qui furent identifiés en tant que Trichomonas tenax par une coloration de Giemsa. Des Peptostreptococcus micros furent aussi détectés dans les cultures du liquide pleural et le sang. Un traitement avec du métronidazole a permis d'éliminer avec succès les protozoaires et de guérir la pleurésie purulente.
Key words: Trichomonas tenax / empyema / pleural fluid / Peptostreptococcus micros / adenocarcinoma
Mots clés : Toxoplasma tenax / empyème / liquide pleural / Peptostreptococcus micros / adénocarcinome
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