Cutaneous myiasis in an elderly debilitated patient.
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Cutaneous myiasis in an elderly debilitated patient.
A 77 year old woman, with chronic immobility, developed bed sores which became infested with maggots. This progressed to cutaneous myiasis which is an uncommon complication of this particular phenomenon.
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.66.779.776