A Case of Ciliate Protozoa Colpoda Spp. (Ciliata: Colpodidae) Detected In Human Urine

A Case of Ciliate Protozoa Colpoda Spp. (Ciliata: Colpodidae) Detected In Human Urine

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In the urine of a patient with chronic prostatitis, renal microlithiasis and acute cystitis we found the ciliate protozoa Colpoda spp., both in vegetative and cystic form. The entry point was most likely the urinary tract. Keeping in mind that only four more cases of Colpoda spp. existent in human u...

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Main Authors: C Costache, S Bursaşiu, C Filipaş, I Colosi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2011-12-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Parasitology
Subjects:
Colpoda spp.
Urinary pathology
Ciliate protozoa
Online Access:https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/211
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spelling doaj-785fc057f94444ccb04442649b03fc382021-04-02T17:47:40ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Parasitology1735-70202008-238X2011-12-0164A Case of Ciliate Protozoa Colpoda Spp. (Ciliata: Colpodidae) Detected In Human UrineC Costache0S Bursaşiu1C Filipaş2I Colosi3Dept. of Microbiology, Faculty of General Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Haţieganu” Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaMedical Laboratory, Clinical County Hospital Cluj, Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaClinical Municipal Hospital, Cluj Napoca, RomaniaDept. of Microbiology, Faculty of General Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Haţieganu” Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaIn the urine of a patient with chronic prostatitis, renal microlithiasis and acute cystitis we found the ciliate protozoa Colpoda spp., both in vegetative and cystic form. The entry point was most likely the urinary tract. Keeping in mind that only four more cases of Colpoda spp. existent in human urine have already been described, and that in the case of our patient the ciliate was present at repeated examinations of his urine, we presumed that it is not only a spurious infection of the urogenital tract. It still remains to be analyzed whether this ciliate belongs to a species of Colpoda adapted to parasitism in homeothermae and whether it can be pathogenic for humans. https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/211Colpoda spp.Urinary pathologyCiliate protozoa
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author C Costache
S Bursaşiu
C Filipaş
I Colosi
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S Bursaşiu
C Filipaş
I Colosi
A Case of Ciliate Protozoa Colpoda Spp. (Ciliata: Colpodidae) Detected In Human Urine
Iranian Journal of Parasitology
Colpoda spp.
Urinary pathology
Ciliate protozoa
author_facet C Costache
S Bursaşiu
C Filipaş
I Colosi
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title A Case of Ciliate Protozoa Colpoda Spp. (Ciliata: Colpodidae) Detected In Human Urine
title_short A Case of Ciliate Protozoa Colpoda Spp. (Ciliata: Colpodidae) Detected In Human Urine
title_full A Case of Ciliate Protozoa Colpoda Spp. (Ciliata: Colpodidae) Detected In Human Urine
title_fullStr A Case of Ciliate Protozoa Colpoda Spp. (Ciliata: Colpodidae) Detected In Human Urine
title_full_unstemmed A Case of Ciliate Protozoa Colpoda Spp. (Ciliata: Colpodidae) Detected In Human Urine
title_sort case of ciliate protozoa colpoda spp. (ciliata: colpodidae) detected in human urine
publisher Tehran University of Medical Sciences
series Iranian Journal of Parasitology
issn 1735-7020
2008-238X
publishDate 2011-12-01
description In the urine of a patient with chronic prostatitis, renal microlithiasis and acute cystitis we found the ciliate protozoa Colpoda spp., both in vegetative and cystic form. The entry point was most likely the urinary tract. Keeping in mind that only four more cases of Colpoda spp. existent in human urine have already been described, and that in the case of our patient the ciliate was present at repeated examinations of his urine, we presumed that it is not only a spurious infection of the urogenital tract. It still remains to be analyzed whether this ciliate belongs to a species of Colpoda adapted to parasitism in homeothermae and whether it can be pathogenic for humans.
topic Colpoda spp.
Urinary pathology
Ciliate protozoa
url https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/211
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