Urinary Myiasis in a Child Caused by Psychoda Species- A Rare Case

Human myiasis is infestation of human living tissue with dipterous larvae. Urinary myiasis is quite rare, because the fly has to bypass the clothing/reach the inaccesable site (genitals) to lay egg, larva has to hatch and migrate to urinary bladder. It may occur in immunocompromised individuals and...

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Main Authors: M Ravish Kumar, Sandeep Harshangi, Parandekar Prashant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JCDR Research and Publications Pvt. Ltd. 2023-04-01
Series:National Journal of Laboratory Medicine
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Online Access:https://njlm.net/article_fulltext.aspx?issn=0973-709x&year=2023&month=April&volume=12&issue=2&page=MC01%20-%20MC02&id=2708