Case report: cutaneous myiasis caused by Dermatobia hominis, the human botfly.
Cutaneous myiasis caused by Dermatobia hominis, the human botfly, involves the infestation of human tissue with fly larvae, and is common in Central and South America. We report a case of a 57-year-old man with cutaneous myiasis imported into the US from Belize. The epidemiology, biological life cycle, clinical presentation, and various methods of larval extraction, including incision and drainage, are discussed.
Garvin
Kanishka W
KW
University of Alabama at Birmingham, P-100 Volker Hall, 1530 3rd Ave South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0019, USA. kwgarvin@uasom.uab.edu
Singh
Virtaj
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D000818:Animals; D001531:Belize; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004175:Diptera; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D007866:Leg / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009198:Myiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D013781:Texas; D014195:Travel