Abstract
This case report concerns a 29-year-old patient presenting with an erythematous papula on his ankle after recent travels to Colombia. After applying fucidin ointment, prescribed by his general practitioner, a larva wound its way to the surface. We morphologically identified the parasite as the larva of Dermatobia hominis (human botfly).
Translated title of the contribution | A papula on the ankle after traveling the tropics: a case report of furuncular myiasis |
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Original language | Dutch |
Article number | D7472 |
Journal | Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde |
Volume | 167 |
Issue number | 21 |
Publication status | Published - 15 May 2023 |
Keywords
- Animals
- Humans
- Adult
- Ankle
- Myiasis/etiology
- Diptera
- Larva
- Travel