[A furoncular ankle cellulitis in a teenager with a difference: Dermatobia hominis]

M Flandrois; C El Hachem; M Amiour; V Ribault; S Harchaoui; D Mellah; F X Roth; M L Dolezon; M Al Khoury; J M Vaillant; C Paris; M Guillot

doi:10.1016/S0929-693X(09)75315-1

[A furoncular ankle cellulitis in a teenager with a difference: Dermatobia hominis]

Arch Pediatr. 2009 Oct:16 Suppl 2:S127-8. doi: 10.1016/S0929-693X(09)75315-1.

[Article in French]

Authors

M Flandrois¹, C El Hachem, M Amiour, V Ribault, S Harchaoui, D Mellah, F X Roth, M L Dolezon, M Al Khoury, J M Vaillant, C Paris, M Guillot

Affiliation

¹ Service de pédiatrie et néonatologie, Service de bactériologie, CHG Robert Bisson, 4 rue Aini, 14100 Lisieux.

PMID: 19836675
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-693X(09)75315-1

Abstract

We report a case of botfly myiasis presenting as an ankle cellulitis in a teenager returning from Guyana. Main clinical features and therapeutic approaches are described.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Argentina
Diptera
France
Guyana
Humans
Insect Bites and Stings / diagnosis*
Insect Bites and Stings / drug therapy
Larva / drug effects
Male
Mexico
Myiasis / diagnosis*
Myiasis / drug therapy
Myiasis / transmission
Travel

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents