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Intestinal Protozoa - BALANTIDIUM COLI Flashcards

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Only CILIATED protozoan that causes human disease (DIARRHEA)

LARGEST PROTOZOAN parasite of humans

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Balantidium coli

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Main reservoir of Balantidium coli

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PIGS

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Infective stage of Balantidium coli

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Cysts

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Diagnosis

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large ciliated trophozoites

large cysts - V SHAPED NUCLEUS

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Colonic ulcers

ROUND BASED WIDE NECKED INTESTINAL ULCERS

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Balantidiasis/Balantidial Dysentery

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Treatment for Balantidiasis/Balantidial dysentery

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TETRACYCLINE

Metronidazole

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