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| Year : 2006 | Volume
: 24
| Issue : 1 | Page : 70-71 |
Urogenital myiasis due to Chrysomyia bezziana
V Wadhwa, P Kharbanda, S Rai, B Uppal
Department of Microbiology, Maulana Azad Medical College & LN Hospital, New Delhi-110 002, India
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V Wadhwa
Department of Microbiology, Maulana Azad Medical College & LN Hospital, New Delhi-110 002
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.19903
Genitourinary myiasis, associated with ulcerating lesions and poor hygiene of the local site, has been infrequently reported. We report a case of 45 year-old urinary incontinent female suffering from carcinoma cervix, who presented with genitourinary myiasis. The larva was identified as of Chrysomyia bezziana Villeneuve ( C. bezziana ).
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