Dysentery caused by Balantidium coli in a patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma from Turkey

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 458-459

  Yazar, Süleyman ^a   Altuntas, Fevzi ^a   Sahin, Izzet ^a   Atambay, Metin ^b  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANTIDIUM; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLOTATION; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TROPHOZOITE; TROPICAL DISEASE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 1142275452     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i3.458     Document Type: Article

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