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Balantidiasis is a protozoan infection caused by infection with Balantidium coli.[1]
Symptoms can be local due to involvement of the intestinal mucosa, or systemic in nature and include either diarrhea or constipation.
Balantidiasis can be treated with carbarsone, tetracycline, or diiodohydroxyquin.
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