Vulval myiasis: An unusual presentation of a rare entity in an adolescent female

Human myiasis refers to parasitic infestation of body tissues by larvae of several fly species. The entity has a simple management. Human myiasis is well-documented in the literature however genital myiasis in females is scarcely reported in the literature. We hereby report this entity in an adolesc...

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Autores principales: Pandey, Divya, Divedi, Pragati, Mishra, Prashant Kumar, Mishra, Pallav
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Dispatches
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4326996/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25709955
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5070.149924
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author Pandey, Divya
Divedi, Pragati
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description Human myiasis refers to parasitic infestation of body tissues by larvae of several fly species. The entity has a simple management. Human myiasis is well-documented in the literature however genital myiasis in females is scarcely reported in the literature. We hereby report this entity in an adolescent female who presented with urinary retention and concomitant urinary tract infection.
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spelling pubmed-43269962015-02-23 Vulval myiasis: An unusual presentation of a rare entity in an adolescent female Pandey, Divya Divedi, Pragati Mishra, Prashant Kumar Mishra, Pallav Trop Parasitol Dispatches Human myiasis refers to parasitic infestation of body tissues by larvae of several fly species. The entity has a simple management. Human myiasis is well-documented in the literature however genital myiasis in females is scarcely reported in the literature. We hereby report this entity in an adolescent female who presented with urinary retention and concomitant urinary tract infection. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4326996/ /pubmed/25709955 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5070.149924 Text en Copyright: © Tropical Parasitology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Vulval myiasis: An unusual presentation of a rare entity in an adolescent female
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4326996/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25709955
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