An infantile case of intestinal myiasis.
A case of intestinal myiasis in an 8-month-old girl is reported. The clinical symptoms were ill humor and mucous bloody stools containing a number of moving worms, which were identified as second-instar larvae of Sarcophaga peregrina.
Hasegawa
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Department of Pediatrics, Showa Hospital, Aichi, Japan.
Miwata
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Masuda
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Naruse
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Ozaki
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy; D009198:Myiasis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy