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Necrotizing lung infection caused by the protozoan Balantidium coli

Balantidium coli, a ciliated protozoan, is well known to cause intestinal infection in humans. Extraintestinal spread to the peritoneal cavity and genitourinary tract has rarely been reported. There have also been a few cases of lung involvement from this parasite. A case of B coli causing a thick-w...

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Main Authors: Sharma, Sat, Harding, Godfrey
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Pulsus Group Inc 2003
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2094932/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18159451
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