Urogenital myiasis caused by Psychoda albipennis

Myiasis is a parasitic infestation of vertebrate animals caused by the eggs and larvae of flies within the Diptera species. Psychoda albipennis is a rare cause of urogenital myiasis in humans. We present the case of a 42-year-old male diagnosed with urogenital myiasis caused by Psychoda albipennis.

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Autores principales: Culha, Mehmet G., Turker, Kamuran, Ozsoy, Sule, Serefoglu, Ege C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Saudi Medical Journal 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5303781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27874158
http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.12.16312
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author Culha, Mehmet G.
Turker, Kamuran
Ozsoy, Sule
Serefoglu, Ege C.
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description Myiasis is a parasitic infestation of vertebrate animals caused by the eggs and larvae of flies within the Diptera species. Psychoda albipennis is a rare cause of urogenital myiasis in humans. We present the case of a 42-year-old male diagnosed with urogenital myiasis caused by Psychoda albipennis.
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spelling pubmed-53037812017-02-16 Urogenital myiasis caused by Psychoda albipennis Culha, Mehmet G. Turker, Kamuran Ozsoy, Sule Serefoglu, Ege C. Saudi Med J Case Report Myiasis is a parasitic infestation of vertebrate animals caused by the eggs and larvae of flies within the Diptera species. Psychoda albipennis is a rare cause of urogenital myiasis in humans. We present the case of a 42-year-old male diagnosed with urogenital myiasis caused by Psychoda albipennis. Saudi Medical Journal 2016-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5303781/ /pubmed/27874158 http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.12.16312 Text en Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal 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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Culha, Mehmet G.
Turker, Kamuran
Ozsoy, Sule
Serefoglu, Ege C.
Urogenital myiasis caused by Psychoda albipennis
title Urogenital myiasis caused by Psychoda albipennis
title_full Urogenital myiasis caused by Psychoda albipennis
title_fullStr Urogenital myiasis caused by Psychoda albipennis
title_full_unstemmed Urogenital myiasis caused by Psychoda albipennis
title_short Urogenital myiasis caused by Psychoda albipennis
title_sort urogenital myiasis caused by psychoda albipennis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5303781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27874158
http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.12.16312
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