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Myiasis with Dermatobia hominis in a Sicilian traveller returning from Peru

Mario AricoGiuseppe PistoneMaria Rita Bongiorno

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Malemedicine.medical_specialtyVeterinary medicinemedicine.disease_causeDiagnosis DifferentialLesionMyiasisPeruparasitic diseasesInfestationmedicineAnimalsHumansSicilyTravelScalpbiologybusiness.industryDipterafungiPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthMiddle Agedmedicine.diseasebiology.organism_classificationDermatologylanguage.human_languageDermatobia hominisInfectious DiseasesLarvalanguagemedicine.symptomForeign bodyMyiasisbusinessSicilian

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Summary We report a case of a bot fly infestation of the scalp. A 45-year-old man after returning to Sicily noted a small white “worm” erupting from the upper lesion. Physical examination revealed a superficial furuncular lesion with central pores with sero-sanguineous discharge. The foreign body identified was diagnosed as the larva of the human bot fly, Dermatobia hominis.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2007-05-01Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2006.09.007