Balantidiasis

Known as: Balantidiases, Balantidiasis [Disease/Finding], balantidiosis

A parasitic protozoal infection caused by Balantidium coli that involves the large intestinal mucosa. Signs and symptoms include nausea, vomiting…

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2014

Balantidium coli is the only ciliated protozoan which is known to infect human and nonhuman primates. Route of infection is…

2014

A 3-year old male Arabian camel was presented for anorexia, fever, watery mucoid diarrhea. In order to find the cause of disease…

2011

OBJECTIVE To determine the species and genotypes of Balantidium isolated from pigs in Henan province, China. METHODS Scatoscopy…

2008

A study was conducted for the detection of Balantidium coli and to determine the comparative efficacy of ampicillin, secnidazole…

2003

A fatal case is reported of Balantidium coli pneumonia in a 71-y-old woman suffering from anal cancer. The diagnosis was made by…

1999

Balantidium coli is the etiologic agent of balantidiasis, an infrequent zoonose of worldwide distribution. The objective of the…

1997

1977

The term inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is viewed as all-inclusive, covering the full panoply of intestinal disorders in which…

1953

Summary and Conclusions Ten individuals infected with Balantidium coli responded very satisfactorily to terramycin. In all…

1952

America; and of foxes in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Holland, and the far west of the United States of America (for references to…