Atypical diagnosis of myiasis

Muscoid larvae were observed on self-medicated dressing material loaded with purulent material taken from a 91-year-old hospital patient. These larvae were identified as Lucilia sericata. However, no larvae were found in the patient's tissues. The observation of larvae on dressings should not a...

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Autores principales: DUTTO, Moreno, ZAVATTERO, Carla, VINAI, Elio, LAURIA, Giuseppe, VANIN, Stefano
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MTSI 2023
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Entomologie Médicale
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10387311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37525680
http://dx.doi.org/10.48327/mtsi.v3i2.2023.370
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author DUTTO, Moreno
ZAVATTERO, Carla
VINAI, Elio
LAURIA, Giuseppe
VANIN, Stefano
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description Muscoid larvae were observed on self-medicated dressing material loaded with purulent material taken from a 91-year-old hospital patient. These larvae were identified as Lucilia sericata. However, no larvae were found in the patient's tissues. The observation of larvae on dressings should not automatically lead to a diagnosis of cutaneous myiasis.
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spelling pubmed-103873112023-07-31 Atypical diagnosis of myiasis DUTTO, Moreno ZAVATTERO, Carla VINAI, Elio LAURIA, Giuseppe VANIN, Stefano Med Trop Sante Int Entomologie Médicale Muscoid larvae were observed on self-medicated dressing material loaded with purulent material taken from a 91-year-old hospital patient. These larvae were identified as Lucilia sericata. However, no larvae were found in the patient's tissues. The observation of larvae on dressings should not automatically lead to a diagnosis of cutaneous myiasis. MTSI 2023-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10387311/ /pubmed/37525680 http://dx.doi.org/10.48327/mtsi.v3i2.2023.370 Text en Copyright © 2023 SFMTSI https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Cet article en libre accès est distribué selon les termes de la licence Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Atypical diagnosis of myiasis
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title_full Atypical diagnosis of myiasis
title_fullStr Atypical diagnosis of myiasis
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title_short Atypical diagnosis of myiasis
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topic Entomologie Médicale
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10387311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37525680
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