Urinary balantidiasis: A rare incidental finding in a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Balantidiasis is a rare zoonotic disease in humans. Balantidium coli is the causative ciliated protozoan. We present a case of urinary balantidiasis in a patient having chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who was on steroids for a long time. He has no symptoms of bowel or urinary involvemen...

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Main Authors: Sukhpreet Kaur, Avinash Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Cytology
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Online Access:http://www.jcytol.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9371;year=2016;volume=33;issue=3;spage=169;epage=171;aulast=Kaur