Preferred Label : Dysentery due to Balantidium coli;
ICD-11 definition : This is an inflammatory disorder of the intestine, especially of the colon, that results
in severe diarrhea containing mucus and/or blood in the feces with fever, abdominal
pain, and rectal tenesmus (a feeling of incomplete defecation), caused by any kind
of infection. This diagnosis is due to a parasitic species of ciliate protozoan that
causes the disease Balantidiasis.;
ICD-11 synonym : ciliate dysentery; balantidium coli dysentery; Balantidial dysentery; ciliary dysentery;
Origin ID : 1504147892;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
This is an inflammatory disorder of the intestine, especially of the colon, that results
in severe diarrhea containing mucus and/or blood in the feces with fever, abdominal
pain, and rectal tenesmus (a feeling of incomplete defecation), caused by any kind
of infection. This diagnosis is due to a parasitic species of ciliate protozoan that
causes the disease Balantidiasis.
