Human Ophthalmomyiasis Interna Caused by Hypoderma tarandi, Northern Canada

Human myiasis caused by bot flies of nonhuman animals is rare but may be increasing. The treatment of choice is laser photocoagulation or vitrectomy with larva removal and intraocular steroids. Ophthalmomyiasis caused by Hypoderma spp. should be recognized as a potentially reversible cause of vision...

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Autores principales: Lagacé-Wiens, Philippe R.S., Dookeran, Ravi, Skinner, Stuart, Leicht, Richard, Colwell, Douglas D., Galloway, Terry D.
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18258079
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1401.070163
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author Lagacé-Wiens, Philippe R.S.
Dookeran, Ravi
Skinner, Stuart
Leicht, Richard
Colwell, Douglas D.
Galloway, Terry D.
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description Human myiasis caused by bot flies of nonhuman animals is rare but may be increasing. The treatment of choice is laser photocoagulation or vitrectomy with larva removal and intraocular steroids. Ophthalmomyiasis caused by Hypoderma spp. should be recognized as a potentially reversible cause of vision loss.
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spelling pubmed-26001722009-01-13 Human Ophthalmomyiasis Interna Caused by Hypoderma tarandi, Northern Canada Lagacé-Wiens, Philippe R.S. Dookeran, Ravi Skinner, Stuart Leicht, Richard Colwell, Douglas D. Galloway, Terry D. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Human myiasis caused by bot flies of nonhuman animals is rare but may be increasing. The treatment of choice is laser photocoagulation or vitrectomy with larva removal and intraocular steroids. Ophthalmomyiasis caused by Hypoderma spp. should be recognized as a potentially reversible cause of vision loss. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2600172/ /pubmed/18258079 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1401.070163 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Lagacé-Wiens, Philippe R.S.
Dookeran, Ravi
Skinner, Stuart
Leicht, Richard
Colwell, Douglas D.
Galloway, Terry D.
Human Ophthalmomyiasis Interna Caused by Hypoderma tarandi, Northern Canada
title Human Ophthalmomyiasis Interna Caused by Hypoderma tarandi, Northern Canada
title_full Human Ophthalmomyiasis Interna Caused by Hypoderma tarandi, Northern Canada
title_fullStr Human Ophthalmomyiasis Interna Caused by Hypoderma tarandi, Northern Canada
title_full_unstemmed Human Ophthalmomyiasis Interna Caused by Hypoderma tarandi, Northern Canada
title_short Human Ophthalmomyiasis Interna Caused by Hypoderma tarandi, Northern Canada
title_sort human ophthalmomyiasis interna caused by hypoderma tarandi, northern canada
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18258079
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1401.070163
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