[Furuncular myiasis - 2 case reports]
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Live Imaging of Antifungal Activity by Human Primary Neutrophils and Monocytes in Response to A. fumigatus
Published on: April 19, 2017
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Lubomíra Hozáková1, Luděk Rožnovský, Zdeněk Doležil
1Clinic of infectious diseases, University Hospital Ostrava, Czech Republic,
Klinicka Mikrobiologie a Infekcni Lekarstvi
|February 18, 2016
Abstract:
Furuncular myiasis caused by the larvae of the human botfly, Dermatobia hominis, is a common disease in tropical areas of Latin America and may therefore occur in travelers returning from that region. Outside the endemic areas, the diagnosis is often delayed because the disease is mistaken for a bacterial skin infection. Reported are two cases of furuncular myiasis in patients returning from Central and South America.