Balantidiasis: report of a fatal case with appendicular and pulmonary involvement
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 78 (6), 833-834
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(84)90036-1
Abstract
A case of fatal balantidial infection with appendicular and pulmonary involvement in a Venezuelan farmer is reported. The clinical, post-mortem and histological features are described.Keywords
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