A rare case of urinary balantidiasis in an elderly renal failure patient

Balantidium coli is the largest ciliated protozoa infecting humans by the feco-oral transmission from pigs. Large gut is the most common site of involvement. Symptomatology varies from asymptomatic carrier to invasive dysentery. Extra-intestinal infections can occur in liver, lung and urogenital tra...

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Autores principales: Karuna, T, Khadanga, Sagar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Dispatches
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3992804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24754028
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5070.129165
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description Balantidium coli is the largest ciliated protozoa infecting humans by the feco-oral transmission from pigs. Large gut is the most common site of involvement. Symptomatology varies from asymptomatic carrier to invasive dysentery. Extra-intestinal infections can occur in liver, lung and urogenital tract. There are very few case reports of urinary balantidiasis. We present a case of urinary balantidiasis in an elderly farmer having diabetes and chronic kidney disease. This case is reported for its rarity and future references.
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spelling pubmed-39928042014-04-21 A rare case of urinary balantidiasis in an elderly renal failure patient Karuna, T Khadanga, Sagar Trop Parasitol Dispatches Balantidium coli is the largest ciliated protozoa infecting humans by the feco-oral transmission from pigs. Large gut is the most common site of involvement. Symptomatology varies from asymptomatic carrier to invasive dysentery. Extra-intestinal infections can occur in liver, lung and urogenital tract. There are very few case reports of urinary balantidiasis. We present a case of urinary balantidiasis in an elderly farmer having diabetes and chronic kidney disease. This case is reported for its rarity and future references. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC3992804/ /pubmed/24754028 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5070.129165 Text en Copyright: © Tropical Parasitology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title A rare case of urinary balantidiasis in an elderly renal failure patient
title_full A rare case of urinary balantidiasis in an elderly renal failure patient
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title_short A rare case of urinary balantidiasis in an elderly renal failure patient
title_sort rare case of urinary balantidiasis in an elderly renal failure patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3992804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24754028
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