[Cutaneous myiasis].
Modern air travel facilitates the importation of tropical diseases. We saw a 24-year-old man who returned from South America with cutaneous myiasis caused by larvae of the human botfly Dermatobia hominis. The larvae were expressed by pressure from 2 lesions, on the neck and the loin, and the pockets were disinfected with alcohol. They closed and healed completely with a day.
Potasman
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Infectious Disease Unit, Bnai Zion Hospital, Haifa.
Raz
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007815:Larva Migrans; D008297:Male; D009198:Myiasis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013020:South America; D014195:Travel