Dysenteric syndrome due to Balantidium coli: A case report

New Microbiologica

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 203-205

  Bellanger, Anne Pauline ^a,b   Scherer, Emeline ^a,b   Cazorla, Arnault ^b   Grenouillet, Frederic ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

Author keywords

Balantidium coli; Dysenteric syndrome

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANTIDIASIS; BALANTIDIUM; CASE REPORT; DYSENTERY; FECES; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY;

ADULT; BALANTIDIASIS; BALANTIDIUM; DYSENTERY; FECES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MALE;

BALANTIDIUM COLI; CILIOPHORA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84878882767     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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