Balantidium coli is a parasitic species of ciliate alveolates that causes the disease balantidiasis. It is the only member of the ciliate phylum known...
Balantidiasis is a protozoan infection caused by infection with Balantidium coli. Usually asymptomatic in immunocompetent individuals, but the symptoms...
sporozoites, which then migrate to the liver, initiating a new cycle. Balantidium coli is the causative agent of balantidiasis. In the apicomplexan life...
ciliates. Some ciliates parasitize animals, although only one species, Balantidium coli, is known to cause disease in humans. Ciliates reproduce asexually...
infestation in the population, but not always with clinical manifestations), Balantidium coli, Blastocystis homnis, Cryptosporidium (diarrhea in people with immunosuppression)...
phylum Ciliophora. The family name comes from the type genus Balantidium. The Balantidium coli species has a worldwide distribution, but is more frequent...
orangutan parasites are nematodes of the genus Strongyloides and the ciliate Balantidium coli. Among Strongyloides, the species S. fuelleborni and S. stercoralis...
humans, including Gastrodiscoides, Trichinella spiralis, Taenia solium, Balantidium coli and Toxoplasma gondii. Wild boar in southern regions are frequently...
Metronidazole or clindamycin No Bacteroides species Bacteroides infection No Balantidium coli Balantidiasis Intermittent diarrhea, constipation, vomiting, abdominal...
such as the Ciliophora and Excavata, have cytostomes. An example is Balantidium coli, a ciliate. In other protozoa, and in cells from multicellular organisms...
Atlantic, blue whales also contain the protozoans Entamoeba, Giardia and Balantidium. The global blue whale population is estimated to be 5,000–15,000 mature...
acidophilus. They observed the disappearance of the pathogenic protist Balantidium coli as well as of other gas-producing bacteria. Rettger further explored...
endosymbionts in the digestive tracts of vertebrates. These include the species Balantidium coli, which is the only ciliate parasitic in humans. The group Rhynchostomatia...
would not allow Ndume's transfer on June 4 because of a doctor finding Balantidium coli (B. coli) in Ndume's fecal matter. An attorney for the Gorilla Foundation...
worldwide distribution) tick bites, e.g. Ixodes scapularis Balantidiasis Balantidium coli intestinal mucosa, may become invasive in some patients stool (diarrhea=ciliated...
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