[DISCUSSION] MODULE 2 UNIT 5

Question 1

Initially identified as Paramecium coli by Malmsten in 1857

Answer 1

Balantidium coli

Question 2

was later described and placed under a separate genus in 1863

Answer 2

Balantidium coli

Question 3

B. coli is the causative agent of the zoonotic disease called

Answer 3

balantidiasis, balantidiosis, or balantidial dysentery

Question 4

This organism is primarily associated with pigs, its normal host.

Answer 4

Balantidium coli

Question 5

Balantidium coli
Infective stage:
Diagnostic stage:

Answer 5

Cyst
Trophozoite and cyst

Question 6

Most individuals with (?) are totally asymptomatic, whereas others have symptoms of severe dysentery similar to those seen in patients with amoebiasis.

Answer 6

balantidiasis

Question 7

Generalized symptoms and signs include

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chronic and recurrent diarrhea, abdominal pain, cramping, vomiting, weakness, and weight loss

Question 8

has a potential to invade tissues

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B. coli

Question 9

are responsible for the intestinal ulcers that are wide-mouthed with rounded base

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B. coli trophozoites’ active motility and hyaluronidase

Question 10

These occur in the ileum, cecum and rectum but there is no extraintestinal spread.

Answer 10

B. coli

Question 11

Secondary infection is frequent. The main complication is perforation.

Answer 11

B. coli

Question 12

B. coli Geographical distribution:

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Cosmopolitan

Question 13

B. coli Prevalence: (Phil)

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<1%

Question 14

B. coli Transmission:

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Fecal-oral route

Question 15

Hogs serve as the most important reservoir host for human infection, along with perhaps a few other species of animals.

Answer 15

B. coli

Question 16

Contact with these animals is a risk factor for infections

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B. coli

Question 17

Poor personal hygiene and poor sanitary conditions also increase the infection rate

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B. coli