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Balantidium coli - Coggle Diagram
Balantidium coli
Morphology
Trophozoite:
- Oval or pear shaped
- Size : length - 60 micro metre
Breadth - 45 micro metre
- Cytosome - mouth
- Cytopharynx - extentsion of Cytosome
- Cytopyge - Anal opening
- Cilia in mouth region is larger in size than the rest ( uniform sized ) cilia called adoral cilia.
- Cytoplasm contains:
1.Nucleus : macronucleus and micronucleus
- Contractile vacuoles
- Food vacuoles
- Motility : propelling motility
Cyst:
- Oval or round shaped
- Size : length - 40 micro metre
Breadth - 60 micro metre
- double layered cyst wall
- Cilia and cytoplasm contracts in cyst
- Macro and micro nucleus are present.
Life cycle
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Routes of transmission:
- Pig to pig
- Pig to man
- Man to man
- Man to pig
Pathogenesity
- Mostly harmless
- After 3 to 4 days of infection patients will get cured without treatment.
Intestinal ulcerations
Lymphadenopathy (1%)
- Nausea
- vomiting
- diarrhoric or dysenteric stools
Laboratory test
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Staining : eosine or hematozyline stain
Culturing medium : * Diphasic medium
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Molecular tests : ELISA, PCR, Antibody testing methods
Treatment
- Tetracycline
- Metronidazole