title: [A case of skin myiasis caused by Dermatobia hominis].
abstract: A case of erysipelas-like symptoms in a 26-year-old female student of medicine having returned from Nicaragua to Germany is reported. On the removal of the scurf covering the supposed entrance of the erysipelas, a larva of Dermatobia hominis, the human bot fly, was extracted from the head skin, and the inflammation completely disappeared within a short period of time.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006257:Head / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D009198:Myiasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D009527:Nicaragua; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Ein Fall von Hautmyiasis durch Dermatobia hominis.