A case of anterior internal ophthalmomyiasis: Case report

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 741-743

  da Silveira Saraiva, Vinicius ^a,c   Amaro, Miguel Hage ^b   Belfort Jr , Rubens ^b   Burnier Jr , Miguel Noel ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior chamber; Case reports publication type ; Diptera; Myiasis; Screw worm infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EYE INFECTION; EYE LAVAGE; FEMALE; FLY; FOREIGN BODY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LARVA; MACROPHAGE; MYIASIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SCREWWORM FLY; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VITREOUS DISEASE;

EID: 33751433146     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492006000500023     Document Type: Article

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