Oral myiasis caused by Chrysomya bezziana

Oral myiasis is a rare disease caused by larvae of certain dipteran flies. It is mostly reported in developing countries and in the tropics. Herein, a case of oral myiasis in the maxillary anterior region of a 14-year-old mentally challenged boy is being reported. The myiasis was caused by the larva...

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Autores principales: Sankari, Leena S, Ramakrishnan, K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2996000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21180453
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-029X.64304
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description Oral myiasis is a rare disease caused by larvae of certain dipteran flies. It is mostly reported in developing countries and in the tropics. Herein, a case of oral myiasis in the maxillary anterior region of a 14-year-old mentally challenged boy is being reported. The myiasis was caused by the larvae of Chrysomya bezziana species. The clinical findings are presented. Etiology and the importance of oral health in special people are also discussed.
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spelling pubmed-29960002010-12-21 Oral myiasis caused by Chrysomya bezziana Sankari, Leena S Ramakrishnan, K J Oral Maxillofac Pathol Case Report Oral myiasis is a rare disease caused by larvae of certain dipteran flies. It is mostly reported in developing countries and in the tropics. Herein, a case of oral myiasis in the maxillary anterior region of a 14-year-old mentally challenged boy is being reported. The myiasis was caused by the larvae of Chrysomya bezziana species. The clinical findings are presented. Etiology and the importance of oral health in special people are also discussed. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC2996000/ /pubmed/21180453 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-029X.64304 Text en © Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Oral myiasis caused by Chrysomya bezziana
title_full Oral myiasis caused by Chrysomya bezziana
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title_full_unstemmed Oral myiasis caused by Chrysomya bezziana
title_short Oral myiasis caused by Chrysomya bezziana
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2996000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21180453
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