Literature DB >> 11791112

Ophthalmomyiasis in a child.

Mary E Emborsky1, Howard Faden.   

Abstract

A 4-year-old child presented with a 3-week history of left eye swelling. The periorbital inflammation was a result of a larva of the human botfly, Dermatobia hominis. Surgical extraction of the larva was curative.

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Year:  2002        PMID: 11791112     DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200201000-00024

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Pediatr Infect Dis J        ISSN: 0891-3668            Impact factor:   2.129


  2 in total

1.  Ophthalmomyiasis externa caused by Dermatobia hominis in Florida.

Authors:  Kristina M Price; Ann P Murchison; C Robert Bernardino; Shin J Kang; Hans E Grossniklaus
Journal:  Br J Ophthalmol       Date:  2007-05       Impact factor: 4.638

2.  Cutaneous furuncular myiasis: Human infestation by the botfly.

Authors:  Bryan Jacobs; David L Brown
Journal:  Can J Plast Surg       Date:  2006
  2 in total

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