Orbital Myiasis: Due to Invasion of Larvae of Flesh Fly (Wohlfahrtia magnifica) in a Child; Rare Presentation

Wohlfahrtia magnifica larvae cause myiasis in mammals, mainly in sheep and rarely in human. In human it may infest the ear, eye, mouth or nose, damaging living tissues. We report a case of ocular myiasis in 1.5 years old child belonging to urban slum after history of minor injury on left upper lid d...

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Autores principales: Maurya, R. P., Mishra, Deepak, Bhushan, Prashant, Singh, V. P., Singh, M. K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606492
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/371498
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Mishra, Deepak
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description Wohlfahrtia magnifica larvae cause myiasis in mammals, mainly in sheep and rarely in human. In human it may infest the ear, eye, mouth or nose, damaging living tissues. We report a case of ocular myiasis in 1.5 years old child belonging to urban slum after history of minor injury on left upper lid due to fall from bed. The purpose of reporting this case is to highlight the ocular association of W. magnifica.
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spelling pubmed-33502432012-05-17 Orbital Myiasis: Due to Invasion of Larvae of Flesh Fly (Wohlfahrtia magnifica) in a Child; Rare Presentation Maurya, R. P. Mishra, Deepak Bhushan, Prashant Singh, V. P. Singh, M. K. Case Rep Ophthalmol Med Case Report Wohlfahrtia magnifica larvae cause myiasis in mammals, mainly in sheep and rarely in human. In human it may infest the ear, eye, mouth or nose, damaging living tissues. We report a case of ocular myiasis in 1.5 years old child belonging to urban slum after history of minor injury on left upper lid due to fall from bed. The purpose of reporting this case is to highlight the ocular association of W. magnifica. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3350243/ /pubmed/22606492 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/371498 Text en Copyright © 2012 R. P. Maurya et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under 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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Maurya, R. P.
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Orbital Myiasis: Due to Invasion of Larvae of Flesh Fly (Wohlfahrtia magnifica) in a Child; Rare Presentation
title Orbital Myiasis: Due to Invasion of Larvae of Flesh Fly (Wohlfahrtia magnifica) in a Child; Rare Presentation
title_full Orbital Myiasis: Due to Invasion of Larvae of Flesh Fly (Wohlfahrtia magnifica) in a Child; Rare Presentation
title_fullStr Orbital Myiasis: Due to Invasion of Larvae of Flesh Fly (Wohlfahrtia magnifica) in a Child; Rare Presentation
title_full_unstemmed Orbital Myiasis: Due to Invasion of Larvae of Flesh Fly (Wohlfahrtia magnifica) in a Child; Rare Presentation
title_short Orbital Myiasis: Due to Invasion of Larvae of Flesh Fly (Wohlfahrtia magnifica) in a Child; Rare Presentation
title_sort orbital myiasis: due to invasion of larvae of flesh fly (wohlfahrtia magnifica) in a child; rare presentation
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606492
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/371498
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