Balantidiasis: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

balantidiasis, balantidiosis, Balantidium coli, B coli, hyaluronidase, Balantidium coli infection, B coli infection, acute balantidiasis, fulminating balantidiasis, occupational balantidiasis, protozoa infection, protozoan infection, colon cyst, colonic cyst

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Valda M Chijide, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan; Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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