Nosocomial myiasis in an extremely premature infant caused by the sheep blowfly Lucilia Sericata

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1056-1057

  Amitay, Moshe ^a,d   Efrat, Moshe ^b   McGarry, John W ^c   Shinwell, Eric S ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Lucilia sericata; Myiasis; Nosocomial infection; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MYIASIS; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

EID: 0031737917     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199811000-00024     Document Type: Article

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