Pin-Site Myiasis Caused by Screwworm Fly in Nonhealed Wound, Colombia

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Villamil-Gómez, Wilmer E. ; Cardona-Ospina, Jaime A. ; Prado-Ojeda, Juan Sebastián ; Hernández-Prado, Hugo ; Figueroa, Mauricio ; Causil-Morales, Pedro N. ; Pérez-Reyes, Keirim ; Palechor-Ocampo, Leidy A. ; Rodríguez-Morales, Alfonso J.
• Description:
  Pin-site myiasis is an underreported complication of surgical interventions. We present a case of myiasis caused by the New World screwworm fly (Cochliomyia hominivorax) in a pin site of a chronic nonhealed wound 12 years after the intervention. This infection apparently was the result of poor perfusion of the leg.
• Subjects:
  Aged Animals Anti-Infective Agents Coinfection Colombia Diptera Humans Larva Male Myiasis Treatment Outcome Wound Infection

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 25(2):379-380
• Pubmed ID:
  30666955
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6346439
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Research Letter
• Place as Subject:
  Colombia
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1d175689b99d1e898e6ce2acc16c09d8e5fc224606f14f9c431bbbbcec91fd8a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/76796/cdc_76796_DS1.pdf
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