Raafat A. Hassanein

A Case of Furuncular Myiasis Due to Cordylobia anthropophaga in Infant in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Raafat A. Hassanein, Amal M. Almatary & Mohammad O. Alkurbi · Asian Journal of Immunology · 2020

The cutaneous myiasis has been rarely reported in Saudi Arabia. We intended to describe here a case of furuncular cutaneous myiasis caused by Cordylobia anthropophaga larvae in infant from south area in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. A female infant, 17-day-old, had lived with her family...

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A Case of Cutaneous Myiasis Due to Cordylobia anthropophaga in Infant in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Amal M. Almatary & Raafat A. Hassanein · Asian Journal of Research in Dermatological Science · 2020

Myiasis caused by Cordylobia anthropophaga is rare in the Saudi Arabia, however, scarce morphological information exists regarding this dipteran. A female Saudi infant, one-month-old with tender erythematous nodules with small central ulceration in the arm and abdominal wall. Dur...

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