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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Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2016-01-01
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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 |