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  • Cutaneous myiasis caused by Cordylobia anthropophaga
    Logar, Jernej, 1946-2015 ; Šoba, Barbara ; Parać, Zlatko
    Summary. Cutaneous myiasis is a temporary parasitic infestation of the skin ofhuman and other vertebrates by fly larvae, primarily species of the flies Dermatobia and Cordylobia. In Central and South ... America cutaneous myiasis is mainly caused by the larvae of Dermatobia hominis; in Africa it is mostly due to the larvae of Cordylobia spp. We describe a case of cutaneous myiasis in a family who returned to Slovenia from a three-week trip to Ghana. The parasites, in tumor-like swellings about 1-2 cm in diameter and 0.5-1 cm high,were removed from the back of the 48-year-old man, the nose, shoulder andwrist of his 47-year-old wife, and the back of their 14-year-old daughter. The parasites were identified as larvae of the fly C, anthropophaga. After removal of the larvae, which were oval-shaped and about 8 mm long, the lesionshealed in two weeks without further treatment. Human cases of cutaneousmyiasis are most probably underreported because many remain undiagnosed or unpublished. Because of increasing travel to tropical and subtropical areas, clinical and laboratory staff will need to be more alert tothe possibility of Cordylobia myiasis in patients with furuncle-like lesions, particularly in individuals who have recently returned from tropical Africa.
    Vir: Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift. - ISSN 0043-5325 (Letn. 118, št. 5/6, 2006, str. 180-182)
    Vrsta gradiva - članek, sestavni del
    Leto - 2006
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 21482201

vir: Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift. - ISSN 0043-5325 (Letn. 118, št. 5/6, 2006, str. 180-182)
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