Abstract
East/Central/South African genotype chikungunya virus, Brazil, 2014.
Highlights
C. hominivorax screwworm fly is the main species involved in wound myiasis in the New World [1]
Our patient was co-infected with P. aeruginosa, which was similar to a patient with pin-site myiasis reported by Paris et al [5]
Physicians should be aware of the possible reemergence of myiasis as a complication of surgery and use of metal fixators
Summary
C. hominivorax screwworm fly is the main species involved in wound myiasis in the New World [1]. Our patient was co-infected with P. aeruginosa, which was similar to a patient with pin-site myiasis reported by Paris et al [5]. Pin-site myiasis: an emerging infectious complication of external bone fixation?
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