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Human cutaneous myiasis due to mixed infestation in a drug addict
R Fotedar1, U Banerjee, A K Verma
1Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
|June 1, 1991
Abstract:
Soft tissue infestation by maggots of flies (myiasis) is a well-recognized complication of neglected wounds. Mixed infestation by larvae of more than one species of fly is a rarity. We report, for the first time in India, one such case of cutaneous myiasis due to mixed infestation--in this instance by Chrysomya bezziana and Sarcophaga sp. in a drug addict.