Ophthalmomyiasis Caused by Chrysomya bezziana after Periocular Carcinoma

We treated a homeless man in Iran with a history of squamous cell carcinoma who had ophthalmomyiasis caused by Chrysomya bezziana parasites. This case highlights a much-neglected condition and describes measures to prevent it.

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Autores principales: Nabie, Reza, Spotin, Adel, Poormohammad, Bayan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6812677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31625856
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.181706
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spelling pubmed-68126772019-11-01 Ophthalmomyiasis Caused by Chrysomya bezziana after Periocular Carcinoma Nabie, Reza Spotin, Adel Poormohammad, Bayan Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We treated a homeless man in Iran with a history of squamous cell carcinoma who had ophthalmomyiasis caused by Chrysomya bezziana parasites. This case highlights a much-neglected condition and describes measures to prevent it. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6812677/ /pubmed/31625856 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.181706 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Nabie, Reza
Spotin, Adel
Poormohammad, Bayan
Ophthalmomyiasis Caused by Chrysomya bezziana after Periocular Carcinoma
title Ophthalmomyiasis Caused by Chrysomya bezziana after Periocular Carcinoma
title_full Ophthalmomyiasis Caused by Chrysomya bezziana after Periocular Carcinoma
title_fullStr Ophthalmomyiasis Caused by Chrysomya bezziana after Periocular Carcinoma
title_full_unstemmed Ophthalmomyiasis Caused by Chrysomya bezziana after Periocular Carcinoma
title_short Ophthalmomyiasis Caused by Chrysomya bezziana after Periocular Carcinoma
title_sort ophthalmomyiasis caused by chrysomya bezziana after periocular carcinoma
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6812677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31625856
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.181706
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