Case report: Cutaneous myiasis caused by Dermatobia hominis, the human botfly

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-201

  Garvin, Kanishka W ^a   Singh, Virtaj ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous myiasis; Dermatobia hominis; Furuncular myiasis; Human botfly; Incision and drainage; Myiasis

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELIZE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOBIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXTRACTION; EXUDATE; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; LARVAL STAGE; LEG DISEASE; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MYIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INCISION; SKIN INFECTION; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BELIZE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIPTERA; HUMANS; LARVA; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYIASIS; TEXAS; TRAVEL;

EID: 34247175771     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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