[A case of cutaneous myiasis caused by Dermatobia hominis]. 1998

G Rizzo, and D De Vito, and C Rizzo
Istituto di Igiene, Università di Bari.

Due to increasing international travelling of European population, tropical parasitic diseases may be imported more frequently in temperate countries. We describe a subject who travelled in Brasil and returned to Italy with a subcutaneous nodule containing a phase-II Dermatobia hominis larva; such larva is reported with photographic documentation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009198 Myiasis The invasion of living tissues of man and other mammals by dipterous larvae. Fly Strike,Maggot Infestations,Fly Strikes,Infestation, Maggot,Infestations, Maggot,Maggot Infestation,Myiases
D001938 Brazil A country located on the eastern coast of South America, located between Colombia and Peru, that borders the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered on the north by Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, on the south by Uruguay, and on the west by Argentina. The capital is Brasilia.
D004175 Diptera An order of the class Insecta. Wings, when present, number two and distinguish Diptera from other so-called flies, while the halteres, or reduced hindwings, separate Diptera from other insects with one pair of wings. The order includes the families Calliphoridae, Oestridae, Phoridae, SARCOPHAGIDAE, Scatophagidae, Sciaridae, SIMULIIDAE, Tabanidae, Therevidae, Trypetidae, CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICIDAE; DROSOPHILIDAE; GLOSSINIDAE; MUSCIDAE; TEPHRITIDAE; and PSYCHODIDAE. The larval form of Diptera species are called maggots (see LARVA). Flies, True,Flies,Dipteras,Fly,Fly, True,True Flies,True Fly
D005060 Europe The continent north of AFRICA, west of ASIA and east of the ATLANTIC OCEAN. Northern Europe,Southern Europe,Western Europe
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D014195 Travel MOVEMENT across different GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS. Land Travel,Sea Travel,Land Travels,Sea Travels,Travel, Land,Travel, Sea,Travels,Travels, Land,Travels, Sea

Related Publications

G Rizzo, and D De Vito, and C Rizzo
January 1998, Pediatric dermatology,
G Rizzo, and D De Vito, and C Rizzo
May 1971, Canadian Medical Association journal,
G Rizzo, and D De Vito, and C Rizzo
January 1996, Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica,
G Rizzo, and D De Vito, and C Rizzo
May 1996, Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde,
G Rizzo, and D De Vito, and C Rizzo
May 2007, Travel medicine and infectious disease,
G Rizzo, and D De Vito, and C Rizzo
December 2009, The West Indian medical journal,
G Rizzo, and D De Vito, and C Rizzo
July 1986, Zeitschrift fur Hautkrankheiten,
G Rizzo, and D De Vito, and C Rizzo
January 1969, Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia,
G Rizzo, and D De Vito, and C Rizzo
January 2001, Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases,
G Rizzo, and D De Vito, and C Rizzo
January 1976, Medicina cutanea ibero-latino-americana,
Copied contents to your clipboard!