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Lund's Fly Myiasis.
1Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Nationalestraat, Antwerp, Belgium.
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
|May 30, 2019
Summary
A traveler developed a skin abscess and swelling around the eye. A larva of Cordylobia rodhaini, causing Lund's fly myiasis, was removed, and the condition resolved.
Area of Science:
- Medical Entomology
- Dermatology
- Tropical Medicine
Background:
- Myiasis, the infestation of live animals by dipteran larvae, can affect humans.
- Lund's fly myiasis, caused by Cordylobia rodhaini, is a rare form of human myiasis.