Urinary balantidiasis: Diagnosis at a glance by urine sediment examination

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 732-737

  Maino, Alberto ^a   Garigali, Giuseppe ^b   Grande, Romualdo ^b   Messa, Piergiorgio ^b   Fogazzi, Giovanni B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Balantidium coli; Protozoan; Trichomonas vaginalis; Urinary balantidiasis; Urinary sediment

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; METRONIDAZOLE; NIMESULIDE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BALANTIDIASIS; BALANTIDIUM; BALANTIDIUM COLI; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; TROPHOZOITE; URINALYSIS; URINARY BALANTIDIASIS; URINARY CAST; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE SEDIMENT;

BALANTIDIASIS; BALANTIDIUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; URINE;

EID: 78549236182     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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