A rare case of urinary balantidiasis in an elderly renal failure patient.

ABSTRACT: Balantidium coli is the largest ciliated protozoa infecting humans by the feco-oral transmission from pigs. Large gut is the most common site of involvement. Symptomatology varies from asymptomatic carrier to invasive dysentery. Extra-intestinal infections can occur in liver, lung and urogenital tract. There are very few case reports of urinary balantidiasis. We present a case of urinary balantidiasis in an elderly farmer having diabetes and chronic kidney disease. This case is reported for its rarity and future references.

SUBMITTER: Karuna T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3992804 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature