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Balantidium coli (B. coli) is a low-virulence trophic ciliate that causes dysentery in humans. In nature, the organism is cosmopolitan and can be found wherever pigs are prevalent. In underdeveloped areas, where water sources are frequently contaminated with swine or human faeces, the disease is most common. In urban contexts where pigs do not play a role in infection, B. coli can become an opportunistic parasite in immunocompromised persons. The parasites' distinctive appearance and quick swirling movement make them easy to spot. Author (S) Details Jyoti Sangwan Department of Microbiology, SHKM GMC, Nalhar, Nuh, India. View Book :- https://stm.bookpi.org/NFMMR-V14/article/view/3386

Introduction: Urinary tract infection is a major cause of morbidity among HIV patients and is more often underestimated in developing countries. Urinary Escherichia coli isolated from HIV and non-HIV patients in South India were analyzed to determine the virulence profile and phylogenetic distribution and their correlation with fluoroquinolone (FQ) resistance. Methods: This study aimed to assess the difference in the incidence of iron uptake associated virulence genes among urinary E. coli isolated from HIV (n= 76) and non-HIV antenatal patients (n=42). We compared the incidence of virulence associated genes (VAGs) among the E. coli isolates in relation to FQ resistance, phylogeny and host immunocompromise.  Results: fyuA was higher among the isolates from HIV than from non-HIV patients (P=0.00024).              E. coli isolates from HIV, non-HIV patients primarily belonged to the phylogroups D and B2 respectively. Q...