Ophthalmomyiasis caused by Sarcophaga crassipalpis (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) in a hospital patient

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 906-908

  Uni, Shigehiko ^a   Shinonaga, Satoshi ^b   Nishio, Yasuyoshi ^a   Fukunaga, Akihiro ^a   Iseki, Motohiro ^a   Okamoto, Tomoko ^c   Ueda, Nobuhiko ^a   Miki, Tokuhiko ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conjunctivitis; Flesh fly; Hospital acquired myiasis; Japan; Sarcophaga crassipalpis

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; SARCOPHAGA CRASSIPALPIS; SARCOPHAGIDAE;

AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CORNEA DISEASE; EYE INFECTION; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; FLY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MYIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; CORNEAL DISEASES; DIPTERA; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; JAPAN; MYIASIS;

EID: 0033220509     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.6.906     Document Type: Article

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