Furuncular Myiasis Caused by Dermatobia hominis in a Traveler Returning from the Amazon Jungle
Furuncular Myiasis Caused by Dermatobia hominis in a Traveler Returning from the Amazon Jungle
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Turkey: Galenos Publishing House
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English
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Turkey: Galenos Publishing House
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A 39-year-old man who was returning from the Amazon Jungle and had no medical history presented with a furuncular lesion on his right parietal scalp. Despite receiving appropriate antimicrobial treatment, his lesion did not heal. After surgical intervention, a Dermatobia hominis larva was extracted. The human botfly D. hominis is the most common ca...
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Furuncular Myiasis Caused by Dermatobia hominis in a Traveler Returning from the Amazon Jungle
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1951563148
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1951563148
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1300-6320
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2146-3077
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10.5152/tpd.2017.4927
