title: [A fatal case of intestinal balantidiasis].
abstract: A fatal case of a 63-year-old pig-raising country woman with an eight-day course of nausea, vomiting, dysentery with intestinal bleeding the latter being the direct cause of death. The autopsy showed ulcerative colitis due to B. coli, which was easily observed on histological examination of the large bowel.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Patologia, Universidade Federal do Pará.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: de Lima
mesh_terms: D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D001447:Balantidiasis / Q000473:pathology*; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Caso fatal de balantidíase intestinal.