Clinical case of the month. Furuncular myiasis.

Authors :: Sloop GD
Lopez FA
Source :: The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society : official organ of the Louisiana State Medical Society [J La State Med Soc] 2006 Jan-Feb; Vol. 158 (1), pp. 14-5; quiz 16, 45.
Publication Year :: 2006
Abstract: A case of furuncular myiasis is reported. The life cycle of the parasite, differential diagnosis, host response, and therapy are briefly discussed.

Subjects :: Animals
Belize
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Larva
Male
Middle Aged
Myiasis diagnosis
Myiasis pathology
Skin Diseases, Parasitic diagnosis
Skin Diseases, Parasitic pathology
Travel
Umbilicus parasitology
Diptera
Myiasis parasitology
Skin Diseases, Parasitic parasitology

Language :: English
ISSN :: 0024-6921
Volume :: 158
Issue :: 1
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society : official organ of the Louisiana State Medical Society
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 16602479

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