Miasis importada: siete casos de parasitación cutánea por larvas de la mosca dermatobia hominis / Imported myasis: 7 cases of cutaneous parasitism caused by dermatobia hominis
Rev. méd. Chile
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129(7): 786-788, jul. 2001. ilus, tab
Artigo
em Espanhol
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| ID: lil-300045
RESUMO
Myasis is the parasitism of organs and tissues of warm-blooded vertebrates by flies larvae. D hominis is a flie geographically restricted to tropical America from Mexico to northern Argentina. The adult flie, which is not hematophagous, needs to put its eggs on the abdominal surface of hematophagous arthropods which serve as carriers of future larvae which are deposited on the skin of the hosts (mammals, birds and accidentally men) when biting. Seven patients (two females) aged 7 to 35 years old, of different nationalities, recalled receiving mosquito bites, after staying in tropical American areas in the previous forty days. They presented furuncle-like lesions in exposed surfaces of the body. These lesions, 2-3 cm long, pruritic and mildly tender, broke and released a serous or serohematic fluid. Through the resulting opening, it was possible to partially observe the larva. Larvae were extracted by manual pressure (4) or surgical incision (3) and identified as D hominis larvae. Diagnosis of dermatobiasis, an imported myasis, must be based on the characteristics of lesions and the previous residence in endemic areas of America
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DisponíveL
Índice:
LILACS (Américas)
Assunto principal:
Dermatopatias Parasitárias
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Dípteros
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Miíase
Tipo de estudo:
Guia de Prática Clínica
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Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Adolescente
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Adulto
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Chile
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidad de Chile/CL
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