Lund’s Fly Myiasis

A traveler presented with a furuncular skin abscess and periorbital edema. A larva was surgically removed from the abscess and identified as a larva of Cordylobia rodhaini. Myiasis caused by C. rodhaini is called Lund’s fly myiasis and only rarely is reported in humans. After disinfection, the remai...

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Autores principales: Potters, Idzi, Huits, Ralph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6527247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31139677
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz204
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Sumario:A traveler presented with a furuncular skin abscess and periorbital edema. A larva was surgically removed from the abscess and identified as a larva of Cordylobia rodhaini. Myiasis caused by C. rodhaini is called Lund’s fly myiasis and only rarely is reported in humans. After disinfection, the remaining lesion healed without further intervention and the edema resolved.

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