Nosocomial nasal myiasis owing to Cochliomyia hominivorax: A case in French Guiana

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 302-303

  Couppié, Pierre ^a,b,c,d   Roussel, Morgane ^a,b,c,d   Rabarison, Patrick ^a,b,c,d   Sockeel, Marie Josée ^a,b,c,d   Sainte Marie, Dominique ^a,b,c,d   Marty, Christian ^a,b,c,d   Carme, Bernard ^a,b,c,d  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LA GUYANE   (French Guiana)

^b Inst Guyanais de Dermatol Trop   (French Guiana)

^c Serv Hosp Univ Parasitol Mycol   (French Guiana)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FLY; FRENCH GUIANA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LARVA; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; MYIASIS; NOSE CAVITY; RHINORRHEA; SCREWWORM FLY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; FRENCH GUIANA; HUMANS; MALE; MYIASIS; NOSE;

EID: 17444387488     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02547.x     Document Type: Article

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