Oral infection by Diptera larvae in children: A case report

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 696-699

  De Souza Barbosa, Taís ^a   Salvitti Sá Rocha, Renata Andréa ^a   Guirado, Cecília Gatti ^a   Rocha, Fábio Jordão ^b   Gavião, Maria Beatriz Duarte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; FLY; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; LARVA; LIP DISEASE; MOUTH HYGIENE; MOUTH INFECTION; MOUTH PAIN; MYIASIS; ORAL SURGERY; PALATE DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCREWWORM FLY; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIPTERA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LARVA; MOUTH DISEASES; MYIASIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 47649094783     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03725.x     Document Type: Article

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