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[Acute appendicitis caused by Balantidium coli].

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.

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PubMed1976

[Balantidium coli infection of the female genitals (author's transl)].

Two cases of therapy-resistant fluorine are reported in which Balantidium coli from the class of the cilia (Ciliophora, Ciliata, Infusoria) was identified. After a personal experiment, the Balantidia must be considered extremely pathogenic. In international literature, no further indication of a ciliata infection of the female genitals was found.

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PubMed1983

Dysentery caused by Balantidium coli--report of two cases.

The authors present two cases of dysentery caused by Balantidium coli with numerous colonic ulcers, documented by colonoscopy and diagnosed by endoscopic biopsies. The positive rectal exudate in one case permitted the isolation and ultrastructural study of the trophozoites. The good response to tetracyclines in the younger patient was not repeated in the older patient, who died in septic shock despite antibiotic therapy. The authors report the endoscopic findings and comment on the differential endoscopic diagnosis between parasitic and other organic colitis in view of the rarity of these examples as isolated cases in Western countries.

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Typhlitis due to Balantidium coli in captive lowland gorillas.

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.

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