Balantidium coli is a protozoan parasite that can infect the large intestine of humans. It has two forms - the trophozoite, which is oval and motile, and the cyst, which is spherical and infective. Infection causes symptoms like diarrhea, dysentery, and abdominal pain. Diagnosis is made by detecting the trophozoite or cyst in stool samples through microscopy. Left untreated, it can cause colon damage and ulceration.
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Balantidium coli is a protozoan parasite that can infect the large intestine of humans. It has two forms - the trophozoite, which is oval and motile, and the cyst, which is spherical and infective. Infection causes symptoms like diarrhea, dysentery, and abdominal pain. Diagnosis is made by detecting the trophozoite or cyst in stool samples through microscopy. Left untreated, it can cause colon damage and ulceration.
Balantidium coli is a protozoan parasite that can infect the large intestine of humans. It has two forms - the trophozoite, which is oval and motile, and the cyst, which is spherical and infective. Infection causes symptoms like diarrhea, dysentery, and abdominal pain. Diagnosis is made by detecting the trophozoite or cyst in stool samples through microscopy. Left untreated, it can cause colon damage and ulceration.
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Balantidium coli is a protozoan parasite that can infect the large intestine of humans. It has two forms - the trophozoite, which is oval and motile, and the cyst, which is spherical and infective. Infection causes symptoms like diarrhea, dysentery, and abdominal pain. Diagnosis is made by detecting the trophozoite or cyst in stool samples through microscopy. Left untreated, it can cause colon damage and ulceration.
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BALANTIDIUM COLI
HANIF HAFIZ HANAFI
08-3-37 MORPHOLOGY • Trophozoite – oblong, sheroid, or slender. – 30-50 microns long and 20-120 microns wide. – Macronucleus (bean shape) and a micronucleus (hidden) – A cystostome located anteriorly cytopyge posteriorly. – Two contractile vacuoles in the middle and posterior end. – Food vacuoles contain erythrocytes, cell fragments, feces, and starch granules. – Living trophozoites are yellow or green in color. • Cyst – spheroid or ovoid. – 40-60 microns in diameter. – Micro and macro nuclei can be seen – Wall are made from one or two layer Trophozoite Cyst Shape Oval, pointed at anterior end Spherical Size 50-130 mm long by 20-70 mm wide 40-60 mm across Surface Covered in cilia Covered with thick, hard cyst wall with cilia sometimes visible underneath
Motility Rotary or boring motility, “like a thrown football” Non-motile
Infectious Not infective Infective
Reproduction By binary fission or conjugation Non-reproductive
Nuclei Macronucleus (kidney-shaped) and micronucleus Only macronucleus (kidney-shaped)
(spherical, next to macronucleus) visible visible; contractile vacuole visible in young cysts; in older cysts, organelle structures look granular
Important cell Funnel-shaped cytostome (cell mouth) near anterior Cyst wall made of one or two layers structures end; 2 contractile vacuoles
Diagnosis Occasionally found in feces, often found in tissue Diagnostically found in feces of infected biopsies of infected individuals individuals • Secondary bacterial infection • Colon ulcer develop leading to infiltration by lymphocyte and PMNL • Protelytic enzyme digest intestinal epithelium PATHOGENESIS CLINICAL MANIFESTATION • diarrhoea, dysentery, nausea, foul breath, colitis, abdominal pain, tenesmus, weight loss, deep intestinal ulcerations, and perforation of the intestine. DIAGNOSIS • Stool examination reveals trophozoite with or without cyst. • B. Coli is passed periodically, therefore stool samples should be collected frequently and examined immediately in order to make a definitive diagnosis. • Detection in tissue ulcer using sigmoidscope discover trophzoite.
