1.
Rev Infect Dis
; 12(6): 1052-9, 1990.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2267484
ABSTRACT
Typhlitis caused by Balantidium coli and requiring surgical resection occurred in three captive lowland gorillas over a 30-month period. Not one of the other gorillas in the colony or their keepers was ill. B. coli is distributed widely geographically and widely among mammals. Asymptomatic commensalism predominates, but invasion of the colonic mucosa can produce diarrhea and dysentery and set the stage for local or systemic spread.
Subject(s)
Balantidiasis/veterinary , Cecal Diseases/veterinary , Gorilla gorilla , Animals , Balantidiasis/parasitology , Balantidiasis/surgery , Cecal Diseases/parasitology , Cecal Diseases/surgery , Cecum/surgery , Colectomy/veterinary , Female , Inflammation , Male
2.
Rev. cuba. med. trop
; 30(1): 9-13, ene.- abr. 1978.
Article
in Spanish
| CUMED
| ID: cum-6048
3.
Rev Cubana Med Trop
; 30(1): 9-13, 1978.
Article
in Spanish
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-358326
ABSTRACT
A patient who was surgically treated for acute appendicitis is presented. In the sections of cecal appendix many Balantidium coli trophozoites were found. The history, characteristics, habitat, location, biological aspects and reproduction of this parasite are commented.
