Dysentery Caused by Balantidium coli in China

Balantidium coli human infection predominantly occurs in tropical and subtropical regions in the world. Human case is extremely rare in China. This report details a case of B. coli infection in a 68-year-old man in China, who presented with history of abdominal pain, tenesmus, diarrhea with blood an...

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Autores principales: Yu, Peixia, Rong, JianRong, Zhang, Yan, Du, Jingjing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7066439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32145726
http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2020.58.1.47
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author Yu, Peixia
Rong, JianRong
Zhang, Yan
Du, Jingjing
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description Balantidium coli human infection predominantly occurs in tropical and subtropical regions in the world. Human case is extremely rare in China. This report details a case of B. coli infection in a 68-year-old man in China, who presented with history of abdominal pain, tenesmus, diarrhea with blood and was diagnosed as B. coli-caused dysentery. Our case indicates possible occurrence of Balantidium coli-related disease in cooler climates. This case is presented not only because of its rarity but also for future references.
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spelling pubmed-70664392020-03-19 Dysentery Caused by Balantidium coli in China Yu, Peixia Rong, JianRong Zhang, Yan Du, Jingjing Korean J Parasitol Case Report Balantidium coli human infection predominantly occurs in tropical and subtropical regions in the world. Human case is extremely rare in China. This report details a case of B. coli infection in a 68-year-old man in China, who presented with history of abdominal pain, tenesmus, diarrhea with blood and was diagnosed as B. coli-caused dysentery. Our case indicates possible occurrence of Balantidium coli-related disease in cooler climates. This case is presented not only because of its rarity but also for future references. The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2020-02 2020-02-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7066439/ /pubmed/32145726 http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2020.58.1.47 Text en Copyright © 2020 by The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7066439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32145726
http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2020.58.1.47
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