Palpebral myiasis in a Danish traveler caused by the human bot-fly (Dermatobia hominis)

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 487-489

  Bangsgaard, Regitze ^a   Holst, Bengt ^a   Krogh, Erik ^a   Heegaard, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dermatobia hominis; Human bot fly; Myiasis; Palpebral myiasis; Parasite infection

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PILOCARPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DENMARK; DERMATOBIA; EXCISION; EYELID DISEASE; EYELID EDEMA; FOREST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFESTATION; LARVA; MALE; MYIASIS; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; TRAVEL;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DENMARK; DIPTERA; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; EYELID DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYIASIS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0033865742     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2000.078004487.x     Document Type: Article

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