Urinary infection due to Balantioides coli: a rare accidental zoonotic disease in an addicted and diabetic young female in Iran

Saman Soleimanpour; Ali Babaei; Abdolghayyoum Movahhedi Roudi; Seyedeh Sara Raeisalsadati

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Urinary infection due to Balantioides coli: a rare accidental zoonotic disease in an addicted and diabetic young female in Iran

Saman Soleimanpour^1
,2
,3
,†, Ali Babaei^4
,†, Abdolghayyoum Movahhedi Roudi⁵ and Seyedeh Sara Raeisalsadati^1
,3
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Affiliations: ¹ Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran ² Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran ³ Department of Microbiology and Virology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran ⁴ Laboratory of 22nd Bahman hospital, Khaf, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran ⁵ Department of Parasitology, 22nd Bahman hospital, Khaf, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Correspondence Saman Soleimanpour [email protected] Ali Babaei [email protected]

† These authors contributed equally to this work.
Published: 05 February 2016 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmmcr.0.000102

Abstract

Background:

Balantiosis, a rare zoonotic infection resulting in dysentery, is caused by the large ciliated protozoan parasite Balantioides coli. Humans acquire this organism via the faecal–oral route. Very rarely, extraintestinal infections can occur in the urinary tract system. There are very few case reports of urinary balantiosis in humans.

Case presentation:

Here, an interesting case of urinary balantiosis in a 35-year-old addicted woman with multiple health problems including spontaneous abortion and diabetes is reported. Her midstream urine sample, collected while all sterile precautions were being taken, demonstrated B. coli along with Trichomonas vaginalis and bacteria. B. coli was identified by its characteristic morphology and rapid rotary motility in the urinary tract, which is an abnormal site for invasion by this parasite.

Conclusion:

To the best of our knowledge, this is only the eighth case described in literature in which B. coli was detected in urine sediment; it is reported for its rarity and for future reference.

Received: 13/02/2015
Accepted: 04/09/2015
Published Online: 05/02/2016

Keyword(s): Balantioides coli , Trichomonas vaginalis and urinary balantiosis

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

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