A case report of an uncommon parasitic infection of human balantidiasis

Balantidium coli, a large, ciliated pathogen, is known to cause balantidiasis in humans. We report a case of B. coli infection in a 37-year-old male with tuberculosis and presenting with fever, anorexia, mild abdominal pain, and episodes of loose stools for 1 week.

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Autores principales: Kumar, Manochitra, Rajkumari, Nonika, Mandal, Jharna, Parija, SC
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Dispatches
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4778188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26998438
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5070.175118
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description Balantidium coli, a large, ciliated pathogen, is known to cause balantidiasis in humans. We report a case of B. coli infection in a 37-year-old male with tuberculosis and presenting with fever, anorexia, mild abdominal pain, and episodes of loose stools for 1 week.
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spelling pubmed-47781882016-03-18 A case report of an uncommon parasitic infection of human balantidiasis Kumar, Manochitra Rajkumari, Nonika Mandal, Jharna Parija, SC Trop Parasitol Dispatches Balantidium coli, a large, ciliated pathogen, is known to cause balantidiasis in humans. We report a case of B. coli infection in a 37-year-old male with tuberculosis and presenting with fever, anorexia, mild abdominal pain, and episodes of loose stools for 1 week. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4778188/ /pubmed/26998438 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5070.175118 Text en Copyright: © 2016 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-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4778188/
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