title: Bacon therapy and furuncular myiasis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate a simple, noninvasive method for removing fly larvae from patients with furuncular myiasis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case series.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ambulatory office of a tertiary care center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three patients who presented with Dermatobia hominis infestation.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patients with D hominis infestation were treated with the application of bacon fat over the larval apertures.
  
  
  METHODS
  Removal of intact larvae.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Within 3 hours of the application of bacon, the larvae had migrated sufficiently far out of the skin to be removed with tweezers. Ten larvae were removed with this method. There were no treatment failures or complications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Furuncular myiasis will be seen more frequently in temperate areas as individuals travel to endemic areas. We describe the clinical characteristics of myiasis and a simple method of treatment that permits rapid diagnosis and cure.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Disease Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Brewer
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Felsenstein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005223:Fats / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005667:Furunculosis / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat; D008875:Middle Aged; D009198:Myiasis / Q000628:therapy*; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D005223:Fats