[A furoncular ankle cellulitis in a teenager with a difference: Dermatobia hominis].
We report a case of botfly myiasis presenting as an ankle cellulitis in a teenager returning from Guyana. Main clinical features and therapeutic approaches are described.
Flandrois
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Service de pédiatrie et néonatologie, Service de bactériologie, CHG Robert Bisson, 4 rue Aini, 14100 Lisieux.
El Hachem
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C
Amiour
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M
Ribault
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V
Harchaoui
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S
Mellah
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Roth
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Dolezon
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Al Khoury
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Vaillant
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Paris
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Guillot
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D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001118:Argentina; D004175:Diptera; D005602:France; D006172:Guyana; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D007814:Larva / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D009198:Myiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000635:transmission; D014195:Travel
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents