EMPYEMA WITH TRICHOMONAS SPECIES

Abstract
A 35 yr old alcoholic male patient developed an empyema secondary to presumed aspiration pneumonia. Trichomonads were demonstrated on wet mounts and Wright-Giemsa-strained, air-dried smears of pleural fluid. Treatment with metronidazole, other drugs, and drainage was successful in curing the empyema.

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