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Unveiling Balantidium coli : A rare protozoan causing a series of cases of dysentery in Rajasthan and review of literature.
J Postgrad Med
October 2024
Department of Microbiology, Mahatma Gandhi University of Medical Sciences and Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Balantidium coli is the largest, uncommon, and only ciliate parasite that infects humans and is more common in tropics and subtropical regions. It is mostly asymptomatic, but can cause diarrhea and abdominal pain and sometimes leads to perforation of the colon. It is harbored in animals, particularly among pigs in hotter environments and monkeys in the jungles.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCase Report: A rare instance of acute appendicitis induced by Balantidium Coli parasitic infection.
Front Pediatr
May 2024
Departamento de Patología, Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia.
Introduction: Acute appendicitis secondary to parasitic infections is uncommon, being detected in less than 1% of cases. Balantidium coli is a parasite found in pigs and primates with zoonotic potential. To date, only three cases of acute appendicitis induced by this parasite have been documented globally.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIsolated Balantidium coli in a 1.5-Year-Old Boy: A Case Report.
Acta Parasitol
March 2024
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Purpose: Balantidium coli, is a protozoa that can infect humans. Balantidium coli infection is mostly asymptomatic, but can cause of diarrhea, abdominal pain and sometimes perforated colon. There are only few previous reports regarding the infant balantidiasis and there is a little information about its clinical signs and treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKey Clinical Message: In contrast to intestinal balantidiasis, which is widespread throughout the world, urinary balantidiasis is uncommon. It often affects people with underlying diseases, and acute infections may be fatal. Even though urine is not typical for this parasite, specific morphologic characteristics can aid in accurate diagnosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeglected Case of Human Balantidiasis: Presumed as Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhoea.
Case Rep Infect Dis
June 2022
Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Background: Balantidiasis, due to its rare human incidence and nonspecific clinical presentations often neglected from the diagnosis considerations; however, a potent pathogen. Herein, we report a case of neglected balantidiasis presumed as antibiotic-associated diarrhoea. .
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