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Urinary balantidiasis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis: a case report

BACKGROUND: Balantidium coli, a parasitic unicellular ciliate, often causes asymptomatic balantidiasis of the colon, but extraintestinal disease may occur rarely in immunosuppressed individuals. Renal balantidiasis associated with systemic lupus erythematosus has not been reported before. CASE PRESE...

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Autores principales: Martviset, Pongsakorn, Sirisabhabhorn, Kridsada, Pumpa, Supaporn, Rhongbutsri, Pochong, Taylor, Aree, Taylor, Walter R. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7254769/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32460876
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-020-02389-7