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Dysentery due to Balantidium coli

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Link to WHO Definition

Dysentery due to Balantidium coli – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1504147892

This is an inflammatory disorder of the intestine, especially of the colon, that results in severe diarrhoea containing mucus and/or blood in the faeces with fever, abdominal pain, and rectal tenesmus (a feeling of incomplete defecation), caused by any kind of infection. This diagnosis is due to a parasitic species of ciliate protozoan that causes the disease Balantidiasis.