'I know an old lady who swallowed a fly': A case of (hospital-acquired) human intestinal myiasis [7]

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-158

  Soliman, R S ^a   Phillips, G ^a   Spence, G ^b  

^a NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAVISCON; LANSOPRAZOLE;

AGED; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; LARVA; LETTER; MYIASIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CROSS INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MYIASIS;

EID: 0037713010     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2002.1335     Document Type: Editorial

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