Role of Ivermectin in the Treatment of Severe Orbital Myiasis Due to Cochliomyia hominivorax
We describe 2 patients with severe orbital myiasis due to Cochliomyia hominivorax (of the order Diptera and the family Calliphoridae) who had underlying skin carcinomas and were treated with oral ivermectin and debridement. We suggest that ivermectin plays an important role in the treatment of sever...
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Published in | Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 43; no. 6; pp. e57 - e59 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
The University of Chicago Press
15.09.2006
Oxford University Press |
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Summary: | We describe 2 patients with severe orbital myiasis due to Cochliomyia hominivorax (of the order Diptera and the family Calliphoridae) who had underlying skin carcinomas and were treated with oral ivermectin and debridement. We suggest that ivermectin plays an important role in the treatment of severe cases of myiasis. |
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Bibliography: | ark:/67375/HXZ-MSMXZTN4-7 istex:1C602CADB04AF63FFCF839FE87B8685BFB742958 ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3 |
ISSN: | 1058-4838 1537-6591 |
DOI: | 10.1086/507038 |