Urinary Balantidiasis with urinary tract system Tuberculosis: A rare case report

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Keywords:

Balantidium Infection, Urogenital tuberculosis

Abstract

Balantidium coli, a largest protozoan, is a rare zoonotic disease in humans, predominantly detected in stool examination. We are presenting a case of incidentally detected urinary balantidiasis in a patient with genitourinary tract tuberculosis, which is the first case with such presentation.

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Nilam More, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & General Hospital

Department of Pathology

Kshitija Kale, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Department of Pathology

Kavita Sawant, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Department of Pathology

Leena Naik, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Department of Pathology

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2025-10-16

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Urinary Balantidiasis with urinary tract system Tuberculosis: A rare case report. (2025). Journal of Pathology of Nepal, 15(1), 2324-2326. https://doi.org/10.3126/jpn.v15i1.44274

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Vol. 15 No. 1 (2025)

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Case Reports

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Urinary Balantidiasis with urinary tract system Tuberculosis: A rare case report. (2025). Journal of Pathology of Nepal, 15(1), 2324-2326. https://doi.org/10.3126/jpn.v15i1.44274