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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 1(6), 1952, pp. 980-981
Copyright © 1952 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Treatment of a Case of Balantidial Dysentery with Terramycin

Paul P. Weinstein1, Bernard T. Garfinkel2 AND Milton M. Miller3
Joint Dysentery Unit, Commission on Enteric Infections, Armed Forces Epidemiological Board

A case of balantidial dysentery in a Korean responded favorably to terramycin given in divided doses over a 10 day period to total 17 grams. Trophozoites of Balantidium coli disappeared after the second day of treatment.


1 National Institutes of Health, Laboratory of Tropical Diseases, Bethesda 14, Maryland.


2 1st Lt., M.C., Army Medical Service Graduate School, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D. C.


3 Captain, M.C., 64th Field Hospital, APO 59, San Francisco, California.






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