Cutaneous myiasis presenting as chronic furunculosis - Case report

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 346-347

  Dada Adegbola, Hannah O ^a   Oluwatoba, Olufunke A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cordylobia anthropophaga; Cutaneous myiasis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN PLUS CLOXACILLIN; PALM OIL; PETROLATUM;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FLY; FURUNCULOSIS; HUMAN; LARVA; MALE; MYIASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN INFECTION; THORAX WALL;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FURUNCULOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYIASIS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 31744439559     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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