Role of ivermectin in the treatment of severe orbital myiasis due to cochliomyia hominivorax
- Osorio, Johanna
- Moncada, Ligia
- Molano, Alejandra
- Valderrama, Sandra
- Gualtero, Sandra
- Franco-Paredes, Carlos
Publication date
September 2006
DOI Publisher
University of Chicago Press Language
UnknownAbstract
Q1Q1Artículo brevee57-e59We describe 2 patients with severe orbital myiasis due to Cochliomyia hominivorax (of the order Diptera and the family Calliphoridae) who had underlying skin carcinomas and were treated with oral ivermectin and debridement. We suggest that ivermectin plays an important role in the treatment of severe cases of myiasis
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