title: Balantidiasis: report of a fatal case with appendicular and pulmonary involvement.
abstract: A case of fatal balantidial infection with appendicular and pulmonary involvement in a Venezuelan farmer is reported. The clinical, post-mortem and histological features are described.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001065:Appendix; D001447:Balantidiasis / Q000150:complications*; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D004403:Dysentery / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male