Ophthalmomyiasis as a cause of canalicular lesion

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-87

  Saraiva, Fabio Petersen ^a,b   Fernandes, José B V D ^a   Tomikawa, Vivian O ^a   Costa, Patrícia G ^a   Matayoshi, Suzana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HC USP ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cellulitis; Lacerations; Lacrimal apparatus; Miasis; Parasitic eye infections

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; EYE DROPS; OXACILLIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOBIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EYE DISEASE; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL DUCT; MYIASIS; ORBIT CELLULITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; ANIMAL; CHILD; EYE INFECTION; FLY; INJURY; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHILD; DIPTERA; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LARVA; MYIASIS;

EID: 28344455627     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: 00217557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/1288     Document Type: Article

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