It contains the parasitic species Balantidium coli, the only known cause of balantidiasis. (wikipedia.org)
Balantidium coli observed in patients with dysentery was originally described as Paramecium coli by Malmstein in 1857. (wikipedia.org)
Stein in 1863 reclassified Paramecium coli into the genus Balantidium. (wikipedia.org)
Balantidium coli is one of the species that has been reclassified. (wikipedia.org)
Balantidium coli , a ciliated protozoan parasite that infects primates and pigs, and is the largest protozoan to infect humans, is a well-known cause of diarrhoea and dysentery in humans. (scielo.org.za)
A case of lung involvement with Balantidium coli complicated by severe pulmonary haemorrhage resulting in iron deficiency anaemia has not, to our knowledge, been described previously. (scielo.org.za)
Balantidium coli, though rare in the US, is an intestinal protozoan parasite that can infect humans. (cdc.gov)
Balantidium coli infection is mostly asymptomatic, but people with other serious illnesses can experience persistent diarrhea, abdominal pain, and sometimes a perforated colon. (cdc.gov)
When traveling to endemic tropical countries, Balantidium coli infection can be prevented by following good hygiene practices. (cdc.gov)
Cysts morphologically resembling Balantidium coli were identified in the feces of a mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei). (johnshopkins.edu)
Balantidium coli is a protozoan parasite belonging to the phylum Ciliophora, the members of which possess cilia in at least one stage of their life cycles. (microbesinfo.com)
Balantidium coli , a parasitic unicellular ciliate, often causes asymptomatic balantidiasis of the colon, but extraintestinal disease may occur rarely in immunosuppressed individuals. (biomedcentral.com)
Balantidium coli ( Neobalantidium coli ) is a large, unicellular, ciliated parasite that infects mainly the gastrointestinal tract of humans and several mammals, such as wild pigs, cattle, sheep, and goats [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
96.6% for MPI-17-02 no parasite, 67.5% for MPI-17-03 Metagonimus yokogawai , 71.2% for MPI-17-04 Balantidium coli , 99.0% for MPI-17-05 Taenia sp. (jlmqa.org)
salah sahijina nyaéta Balantidium coli . (wikipedia.org)
Balantidium Coli, hirup di usus badag manusa , ngalantarankeun panyakit diséntri. (wikipedia.org)
Examples of intestinal protozoa include flagellates ( G lamblia ), amoeba ( E histolytica ), sporozoans ( Cryptosporidium spp ), and ciliates ( Balantidium coli ). (medscape.com)
Metronidazole is used to treat protozoal infections in dogs and cats including Giardia, Entamoeba, Trichomonas, and Balantidium. (dekooktips.com)
Infection1
Infection by parasites of the genus BALANTIDIUM. (uchicago.edu)
Genus2
The first-described species of Balantidium, B. entozoon, was described in 1838 by Ehrenberg as a member of the genus Bursaria. (wikipedia.org)
In 1858, Edouard Claparède and Johannes Lachmann created the genus Balantidium and reclassified B. entozoon as its type species. (wikipedia.org)
Parasites1
Infection by parasites of the genus BALANTIDIUM . (nih.gov)
Species2
The first-described species of Balantidium, B. entozoon, was described in 1838 by Ehrenberg as a member of the genus Bursaria. (wikipedia.org)
In 1858, Edouard Claparède and Johannes Lachmann created the genus Balantidium and reclassified B. entozoon as its type species. (wikipedia.org)
20171
Transcriptome data for Balantidium ctenopharyngodoni, from single-cell transcriptome sequencing, were published in 2017 and were the first omics data within the subclass Trichostomatia. (wikipedia.org)