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Balantidium coli is a ciliated protozoan that inhabits the large intestine of swine, man, rodents, and nonhuman primates. Frequently this organism is associated with enteric diseases in man and nonhuman primates, with rare manifestations of disease in swine and other mammalian species. This report describes a case of B. coli-induced enteric disease in a 15-yr-old, mare, Finnish Horse after an acute onset of colic. Severe hemorrhagic and eosinophilic colitis with intense infiltration of intralesional B. coli-like ciliated protozoan were found histologically.
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Balantidiasis/veterinary , Balantidium/isolation & purification , Horse Diseases/diagnosis , Animals , Balantidiasis/diagnosis , Balantidiasis/pathology , Balantidium/pathogenicity , Fatal Outcome , Female , Horse Diseases/pathology , Horses , Intestinal Mucosa/parasitology , Intestinal Mucosa/pathologyABSTRACT
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Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Balantidiasis/complications , Echinococcosis, Pulmonary/complications , Balantidium/isolation & purification , Balantidium/pathogenicityABSTRACT
This article includes information on two human parasites, one protozoan flagellate, Giardia lamblia, and one ciliate, Balantidum coli. Both are transmitted through ingestion of food and water contaminated with fecal material. G. lamblia may be the most common intestinal protozoan found in humans throughout the world and causes a wide range of symptoms, all of which can be confused with other infectious and noninfectious causes. Although B. coli tends to be more restricted and associated with pigs as potential reservoir hosts, this organism can also cause mild to severe symptoms and can be found throughout the world.
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Balantidiasis/pathology , Balantidium , Food Parasitology , Giardia lamblia , Giardiasis/pathology , Animals , Australia/epidemiology , Balantidiasis/epidemiology , Balantidiasis/therapy , Balantidium/growth & development , Balantidium/pathogenicity , Giardia lamblia/growth & development , Giardia lamblia/pathogenicity , Giardiasis/epidemiology , Giardiasis/therapy , Global Health , Humans , Life Cycle Stages , New Guinea/epidemiology , United States/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Balantidium coli is the etiologic agent of balantidiasis, an infrequent zoonose of worldwide distribution. The objective of the present study was to determine the clinical and epidemiological aspects of balantidiasis in a rural community in the bolivar state in Venezuela. Fifty persons and 12 pigs were evaluated. Fecal samples were analyzed by direct examination and by the methods of Faust and Willis. The global rate of intestinal parasitoses detected was 88.0 percent for the human population and 83.3 percent for the pigs. The prevalence of human and porcine balantidiais was 12.0 percent (6/50) and 33.3 percent (4/12), respectively. The disease was only detected in children, all of them with multiple parasites and with clinical manifestations. Deficient environmental sanitation, absence of basic services in the dwellings, low socioeconomic level, and the presence of pigs infected with B. coli are the factors that explain and maintain the conditions favorable to the transmission of balantidiasis in the population studied
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Humans , Male , Female , Infant , Child, Preschool , Balantidiasis/epidemiology , Balantidium/pathogenicity , Age Distribution , Balantidiasis/diagnosis , Balantidiasis/etiology , Balantidiasis/transmission , Balantidium/isolation & purification , Cross-Sectional Studies , Feces/parasitology , Rural Population , Swine/parasitology , Venezuela/epidemiology , Zoonoses/epidemiologySubject(s)
Balantidiasis , Balantidium , Animals , Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage , Antitrichomonal Agents/administration & dosage , Balantidiasis/diagnosis , Balantidiasis/drug therapy , Balantidiasis/parasitology , Balantidium/pathogenicity , Diagnosis, Differential , Drug Therapy, Combination , Humans , Metronidazole/administration & dosage , Minocycline/administration & dosage , Opportunistic Infections , Tinidazole/administration & dosageSubject(s)
Gastrointestinal Diseases/parasitology , Protozoan Infections/diagnosis , Protozoan Infections/epidemiology , Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/complications , Animals , Balantidium/pathogenicity , Blastocystis/pathogenicity , Dientamoeba/pathogenicity , Gastrointestinal Diseases/epidemiology , Humans , Immunocompromised Host , Isospora/pathogenicity , Microscopy, Electron , Microsporida/pathogenicity , Microsporida/ultrastructure , Protozoan Infections/immunologyABSTRACT
Un brote de enfermedad gastrointestinal caracterizada por diarrea y heces con sangre fueron investigadas en 4 comunidades diferentes en la provincia de Zamora Chinchipe en Ecuador. Un total de 322 personas fueron examinadas; trofozoitos de Balatidium coli fueron vistos en las heces de 62 de ellas (19,3 por ciento), de estas personas, en el 70,2 por ciento de las personas que tenían diarrea y en el 20.9 por ciento de las que tenían heces sanguinolientas. Así, demostramos una gran asociación entre infección por B. coli y diarrea (p<0,0005). La más alta prevalencia de infección fue vista en niños entre los 6 a 10 años de edad. El orígen de la infección parece provenir de los cerdos, los cuales viven dentro de las casas en pésimas condiciones de higiene. La balantidiasis fue tratada con una combinación de metronidazol y tetraciclina obteniéndose rápida curación
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Infant , Child, Preschool , Child , Adolescent , Adult , Middle Aged , Balantidiasis/epidemiology , Balantidium/pathogenicity , Gastrointestinal Diseases/parasitology , Balantidiasis/diagnosis , Balantidium/isolation & purification , Ecuador/epidemiologyABSTRACT
A Balantidíase é uma doença rara em nosso meio. Na oportunidade, relatamos um caso em paciente idoso que veio a óbito, com perfuraçäo intestinal e revisamos a literatura pertinente
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Humans , Male , Aged , Balantidium/pathogenicity , Dysentery/etiology , Balantidiasis/diagnosis , Balantidiasis/etiology , Intestinal Perforation , Balantidiasis/epidemiology , Intestinal Diseases, ParasiticABSTRACT
Presentamos dos casos de perforación intestinal por Balantidium coli, ocurridos en el hospital "Arzobispo Loayza" de Lima-Perú. Se comenta acerca del reservorio animal y su relación con la patogenicidad de Balantidium coli. En los dos casos el reporte de la necropsia mostró lesión tisular en mucosa, submucosa, muscular y serosa del intestino grueso. Se discute acerca de los mecanismos patogénicos de Balantidium coli que causaron la perforación intestinal y el rol de la enterobacterias en la complicación infecciosa
