Furuncular myiasis of the breast caused by the larvae of the Tumbu fly (Cordylobia anthropophaga)

BMC Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-4

  Adisa, Charles Adeyinka ^a   Mbanaso, Augustus ^a  

^a ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORDYLOBIA ANTHROPOPHAGA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLY; FURUNCULOSIS; HUMAN; LARVA; MASTITIS; MYIASIS; SPECIES ENDEMICITY;

EID: 2642563812     PISSN: 14712482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-4-5     Document Type: Article

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