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1: Scand J Infect Dis. 2003;35(2):144-6.Links

Balantidium coli pneumonia in an immunocompromised patient.

Vasilakopoulou A, Dimarongona K, Samakovli A, Papadimitris K, Avlami A.

Department of Microbiology, 'Laikon' General Hospital, Athens, Greece.

A fatal case is reported of Balantidium coli pneumonia in a 71-y-old woman suffering from anal cancer. The diagnosis was made by the discovery of motile trophozoites in a wet mount from bronchial secretions. The usual habitat of the parasite is the colon; lung balantidiasis is very rare.

PMID: 12693570 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]