Moermans, Myrthe M G

Razoki, Bashar

van Leersum, Frank S

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).</p

A papula on the ankle after traveling the tropics:a case report of furuncular myiasis

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