Tracheopulmonary Myiasis Caused by a Mature Third-Instar Cuterebra Larva: Case Report and Review

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5810-5812

  Cornet, Muriel ^a   Florent, Martine ^a   Lefebvre, Aurélie ^a   Wertheimer, Christophe ^a   Perez Eid, Claudine ^b   Bangs, Michael J ^c   Bouvet, Anne ^a  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c US Naval Medical Research Unit No 2 Jakarta   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL AMERICA; DERMATOBIA; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FLY; HUMAN; INFESTATION; LARVA; MYIASIS; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SOUTH AMERICA; TRACHEA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARVA; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCIDAE; MYIASIS;

ARACHNIDA; CUTEREBRA; DERMATOBIA; DERMATOBIA HOMINIS; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0348109498     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5810-5812.2003     Document Type: Article

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