Myasis occuring in a neonate

Myasis is the infestation of skin by larvae or maggots of a variety of flies. It is a condition that occurs more commonly in adults who are living and/or have visited tropical countries. It rarely occurs in neonates, and even when seen, only few larvae are extracted. This case report describes myasi...

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Autores principales: Obasa, Temitope O., Sowunmi, Funmilola Olusola
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3555204/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23355934
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/pr.2012.e34
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description Myasis is the infestation of skin by larvae or maggots of a variety of flies. It is a condition that occurs more commonly in adults who are living and/or have visited tropical countries. It rarely occurs in neonates, and even when seen, only few larvae are extracted. This case report describes myasis occurring in an 11-day-old female who had 47 larvae in her skin.
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spelling pubmed-35552042013-01-25 Myasis occuring in a neonate Obasa, Temitope O. Sowunmi, Funmilola Olusola Pediatr Rep Case Report Myasis is the infestation of skin by larvae or maggots of a variety of flies. It is a condition that occurs more commonly in adults who are living and/or have visited tropical countries. It rarely occurs in neonates, and even when seen, only few larvae are extracted. This case report describes myasis occurring in an 11-day-old female who had 47 larvae in her skin. PAGEPress Publications 2012-12-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3555204/ /pubmed/23355934 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/pr.2012.e34 Text en ©Copyright T.O. Obasa and F.O. Sowunmi, 2012 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0). Licensee PAGEPress, Italy
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