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An Infantile Case of Intestinal Myiasis
Author(s) -
Hasegawa Shinji,
Miwata Hiroyuki,
Masuda Susumu,
Naruse Hiroshi,
Ozaki Takao
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1992.tb00931.x
Subject(s) - myiasis , medicine , bloody , girl , instar , dermatology , larva , surgery , ecology , psychology , developmental psychology , biology
A case of intestinal myiasis in an 8‐month‐old girl is reported. The clinical symptoms were ill humor and mucous bloody stools containing a number of moving worms, which were identified as second‐instar larvae of Sarcophaga peregrina.