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What is Trichomonas tenax?

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has only a tropic stage
oblong cell 5um to 16um long 2-15um wide
4 anterior free flagella, fifth curving around cell
Costa distinguishing structure
Lives only in the mouth cannot survive passage through GI track transmission through kissing/eating utensils
harmless commensals found almost exclusively in mouth decaying teeth crypts of tonsils possibly lungs as well
one extreme case of gland infection by parasite reported .

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Trichomonas tenax is not the pathogen that causes genital trichomoniasis. It is an oral microbe that is passed from kissing, saliva, or fomites.

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