Wiggling subcutaneous lumps

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Leng, Theodore ^a   Smith, D Scott ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLATUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DERMATOBIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARVA; MALE; MYIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 17544387364     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377306     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Markell EK, John DT, Krotoski WA, eds. Markell and Voge's medical parasitology. 9th ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1999:365-72.
2. Matheiu ME, Wilson BB. Myiasis. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles and practice of infectious diseases. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone, 2000:2976-9.
3. Boggild AK, Keystone JS, and Kain KC. Furuncular myiasis: a simple and rapid method for extraction of intact Dermatobia hominis larvae. Clin Infect Dis 2002; 35:336-8.
4. Johnston M, Dickinson G. An unexpected surprise in a common boil. J Emerg Med 1996; 14:779-81.
5. Kain KC. Skin lesions in returned travelers. Med Clin North Am 1999; 83:1077-102.
6. Brewer TF, Wilson ME, Gonzalez E, Felenstein D. Bacon therapy and furuncular myiasis. JAMA 1993; 270:2087-8.