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Revista Científica de Salud UNITEPC
Print version ISSN 2520-9825
Abstract
TRAVIEZO VALLES, Luis; GONZALEZ, Isbel and FERNANDEZ, Eliana. First report in Venezuela of Trichomonas tenax (Muller, 1773) in bronchial secretion. Revista UNITEPC [online]. 2021, vol.8, n.2, pp.61-66. ISSN 2520-9825. https://doi.org/10.36716/unitepc.v8i2.90.
Introduction.
The normal habitat of Trichomonas tenax is the oral cavity of people with poor oral hygiene, there are no reports in Venezuela of this flagellate in different organs.
Clinical case.
A 27-year-old male patient who underwent surgery after a motorcycle accident, which required intubation and later tracheostomy, elements that possibly facilitated bronchial aspiration and lung infection with this protozoan.
Conclusion
. It is the first description in Venezuela of Trichomonas tenax in the lung.
Keywords : Trichomonas; Lung; Secretion; Venezuela.
