title: Balantidium Coli liver abscess: first case report from India.
abstract: Protozoal infections are common in the tropics. Amoebic colitis is the commonest of these infections and can lead to liver abscess as a complication. Balantidium coli is a rare free moving protozoal parasite which is known to infest human large intestine causing a type of colitis very similar to that caused by Entamoeba histolytica. However this pathogen is not known to cause liver invasion in humans. We report here a case of liver abscess caused by B. coli, which is probably the first such case reported in Indian literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, HIMSR & H.A.H. Centenary Hospital, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, 110062 India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kapur
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, HIMSR & H.A.H. Centenary Hospital, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, 110062 India.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Batra Hospital, New Delhi, 110062 India.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Kapur
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, HIMSR & H.A.H. Centenary Hospital, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, 110062 India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dudeja
keywords: Balantidium coli; Ciliate; Liver abscess