Cutaneous myiasis. a case of double infestation with Dermatobia hominis larvae
Johansen, L.V.; Pedersen, C.; Holm, R.
Ugeskrift for Laeger 165(11): 1143-1144
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-5782 PMID: 12677994 Document Number: 553848
We describe a case of imported double cutaneous infestation with Dermatobia hominis acquired in Central America. The characteristic clinical picture is a growing furuncular lesion with continuous secretion from a small central orifice. Because of the resemblance to a bacterial infection, there is a risk of diagnostic failure. Increasing incidence of imported myiasis may be expected as a result of increased travel activity to endemic areas. A certain knowledge of this disease is therefore required.