Balantidium coli is the only ciliated protozoon infecting man. The great majority of infections are noninvasive, asymptomatic, and self-limited. However the infection causes balantidial dysentery occassionally and rarely may lead to extraintestinal ba...
Balantidium coli is the only ciliated protozoon infecting man. The great majority of infections are noninvasive, asymptomatic, and self-limited. However the infection causes balantidial dysentery occassionally and rarely may lead to extraintestinal balantidiasis. We report a 58-year-old woman with vulvovaginal balantidiasis developing hyperemia on the vgina and multiple erosions on the posterior part of vestibule. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first report of this disease in Korea. And we suppose that Balantidium coli is a new another protozoon causing vulvovaginitis.