Cutaneous myiasis in an elderly debilitated patient.
A 77 year old woman, with chronic immobility, developed bed sores which became infested with maggots. This progressed to cutaneous myiasis which is an uncommon complication of this particular phenomenon.
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Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Central Middlesex Hospital, London, UK.
Cross
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Burgess
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Pines
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Cayley
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization / Q000009:adverse effects; D009198:Myiasis / Q000209:etiology*; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000150:complications*; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000209:etiology*