REPORT ON A BALANTIDIASIS CASE IN A PERSON LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS (PLWHA)

Authors

  • Sônia Maria de Figueiredo
  • Thelma de Filippis
  • Úrsula Maria Pires dos Santos
  • Simone dos Santos Caixeta
  • Joyce Ferreira Silveira Rocha
  • Milena Maria Moreira Guimarães

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/rpt.v41i4.21714

Keywords:

Balantidiasis, AIDS, Diarrhea.

Abstract

Balantidium coli is a parasitic ciliate protozoan that affects pigs and nonhuman primates. It rarely affect humans, however it might become an opportunistic parasite in immunosuppressed hosts. Balantidiasis is the disease caused by ingestion of B. coli cysts. Infected individuals may present abdominal pain, headaches, asthenia, tenesmus, meteorism and diarrhea characterized by five or six bowel movements per day. This paper is the first to report the presence of B. coli in a person living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Brazil.

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How to Cite

FIGUEIREDO, S. M. de; DE FILIPPIS, T.; SANTOS, Úrsula M. P. dos; CAIXETA, S. dos S.; ROCHA, J. F. S.; GUIMARÃES, M. M. M. REPORT ON A BALANTIDIASIS CASE IN A PERSON LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Revista de Patologia Tropical / Journal of Tropical Pathology, Goiânia, v. 41, n. 4, 2012. DOI: 10.5216/rpt.v41i4.21714. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/21714. Acesso em: 5 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 4 (2012)

Section

CASE REPORT

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