Extensive oral lesion colonized with 601 myiasis larvae.
Trop Doct
; 41(1): 61-2, 2011 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-21109606
Myiasis is a type of infection caused by the larvae of flying insects. This paper reports a case of a 72-year-old Caucasian man who was referred to the Infectology Department of Oswaldo Cruz University Hospital (Pernambuco-Brazil) for urgent treatment as he was malnourished and dehydrated. He had a facial and buccal lesion colonized with larvae and was extremely debilitated. The surgical and clinical treatment indicated at the first moment was the surgical removal of the larvae. But, after two days, some larvae were still present and therefore 12 mg of ivermectin was administered. At the end of the treatment, 601 larvae had been removed and the therapeutics established were suitable.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Dípteros
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Doenças da Boca
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Miíase
Limite:
Aged
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Animals
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Trop Doct
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Reino Unido