title: Cutaneous myiasis in an elderly debilitated patient.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Central Middlesex Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roche
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cross
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Burgess
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pines
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Cayley
mesh_terms: 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*