Dermatobia hominis infestation.
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Dermatobia hominis infestation.
A patient is reported who, after leaving Venezuela, developed some boils on the left upper limb inhabited by Dermatobia hominis larvae. The curious life-cycle of this tropical fly is described with some considerations about the diagnostic problem. A simple unreported way of larvae extraction is suggested.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.60.700.162