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Urinary balantidiasis: A rare incidental finding in a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Balantidiasis is a rare zoonotic disease in humans. Balantidium coli is the causative ciliated protozoan. We present a case of urinary balantidiasis in a patient having chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who was on steroids for a long time. He has no symptoms of bowel or urinary involvemen...

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Autores principales: Kaur, Sukhpreet, Gupta, Avinash
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4995878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27756993
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9371.188063