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Case of the month: Cutaneous myiasis in a returning traveller from the Algarve: first report of tumbu maggots, Cordylobia anthropophaga, acquired in Portugal.

S J Curtis1, C Edwards, C Athulathmuda, J Paul.   

Abstract

A 61 year old woman returning to the UK from the Algarve and complaining of boil-like lesions was found to have cutaneous myiasis caused by tumbu maggots, Cordylobia anthropophaga. This is apparently the first report of acquisition of this form of myiasis in Portugal.

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Year:  2006        PMID： 16498169      PMCID： PMC2464429          DOI： 10.1136/emj.2005.028365

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Emerg Med J        ISSN： 1472-0205            Impact factor:   2.740


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1.  [Cordylobia anthropophaga cutaneous myiasis].

Authors:  M Alkorta Gurrutxaga; X Beristain Rementeria; G Cilla Eguiluz; A Tuneu Valls; J Zubizarreta Salvador
Journal:  Rev Esp Salud Publica       Date:  2001 Jan-Feb

2.  Letter: Tumbu fly (Cordylobia) infection outside Africa.

Authors:  B R Laurence; F G Herman
Journal:  Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg       Date:  1973       Impact factor: 2.184

3.  Cutaneous myiasis caused by larvae of Cordylobia anthropophaga acquired in Europe.

Authors:  G G Baily; A H Moody
Journal:  Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)       Date:  1985-05-18

4.  Cutaneous myiasis caused by tumbu fly larvae, Cordylobia anthropophaga in southwestern Saudi Arabia.

Authors:  M S Omar; R E Abdalla
Journal:  Trop Med Parasitol       Date:  1992-06
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1.  Myiasis: A Traveler's Dilemma.

Authors:  Jere Mammino; Karan Lal
Journal:  J Clin Aesthet Dermatol       Date:  2013-12

2.  Cordylobia anthropophaga: a rare surgical emergency in the UK.

Authors:  Penelope Lowe; Salma Naseem; Charles Bailey
Journal:  BMJ Case Rep       Date:  2013-02-15

Review 3.  Myiasis.

Authors:  Fabio Francesconi; Omar Lupi
Journal:  Clin Microbiol Rev       Date:  2012-01       Impact factor: 26.132

4.  Myiasis in humans-a global case report evaluation and literature analysis.

Authors:  Victoria Bernhardt; Fabian Finkelmeier; Marcel A Verhoff; Jens Amendt
Journal:  Parasitol Res       Date:  2018-11-19       Impact factor: 2.289

5.  Furuncular myiasis of the foot caused by the tumbu fly, Cordylobia anthropophaga: report in a medical student returning from a medical mission trip to Tanzania.

Authors:  James R Palmieri; Dwayne North; Arben Santo
Journal:  Int Med Case Rep J       Date:  2013-06-24

6.  A new focus of autochthonous transmission of Cordylobia anthropophaga in Saudi Arabia.

Authors:  Mohammed A Afifi; Asif A Jiman-Fatani; Fayza I Alsiny; Wasim S Anshasi
Journal:  J Microsc Ultrastruct       Date:  2015-01-19

7.  First case of Furuncular Myiasis due to Cordylobia anthropophaga in a Latin American resident returning from Central African Republic.

Authors:  Jóse A Suárez; Argentina Ying; Luis A Orillac; Israel Cedeño; Néstor Sosa
Journal:  Braz J Infect Dis       Date:  2018-02-02       Impact factor: 3.257
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