Myiasis in the uterine cavity of an elderly woman with a complete uterine prolapse

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1058-1060

  Lopes Costa, P V ^a   dos Santos, A R ^a   Pereira Filho, J D ^a   da Silva, B B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cochliomyia hominivorax; Maggots; Myiasis; Uterine cavity; Uterine prolapse

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFALOTIN; METRONIDAZOLE; POVIDONE IODINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAGGOT; METRITIS; MYIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SCREWWORM FLY; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; WORM;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARVA; MYIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

ANIMALIA; COCHLIOMYIA HOMINIVORAX; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 50549084529     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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