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Endoscopy 1983; 15(4): 272-274
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1021531
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1021531
Dysentery Caused by Balantidium Coli - Report of Two Cases
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Publication Date:
17 March 2008 (online)
Summary
The authors present two cases of dysentery caused by Balantidium coli with numerous colonic ulcers, documented by colonoscopy and diagnosed by endoscopic biopsies. The positive rectal exudate in one case permitted the isolation and ultra-structural study of the trophozoites.
The good response to tetracyclines in the younger patient was not repeated in the older patient, who died in septic shock despite antibiotic therapy.
The authors report the endoscopic findings and comment on the differential endoscopic diagnosis between parasitic and other organic colitis in view of the rarity of these examples as isolated cases in Western countries.
Key words:
Balantidium Coli - Dysentery - Colonoscopy ultra-structure