PMID- 1035397
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19770425
LR  - 20061115
IS  - 0210-5187 (Print)
IS  - 0210-5187 (Linking)
VI  - 4
IP  - 6
DP  - 1976
TI  - [Furunculoid myiasis caused by Dermatobia hominis].
PG  - 421-5
AB  - The authors report a case of forunculoid miasis by "Dermatobia hominis" ("Ura" 
      fly). a process that being not very common in the Argentine Republic is sometimes 
      misjudged as a furunculosis. The patient reported, a white woman, 51, travelled 
      to a zone where this parasitose is endemid. After some time of her stay there, 
      she noted three small nodes in her vulvar region. They grew on until reaching 
      nearly the size of a walnut. At her first consultation with a gynecologist it was 
      taken as a case of furuncolosis and treated with antibiotics. As the treatment 
      didn't prove succesful, she asked for dermatological advice. It was then possible 
      to verify the presence of three nodes. In the central hole of one of them, there 
      could be seen a whitish body that soon disappeared inwards. This lead to the 
      diagnosis of forunculoid miasis. An accurate and easy-to-perform treatment was 
      carried out: a 1% solution of formaldehyde in distilled water was infused through 
      the central hole of each node. This determined the larva's caudal extremity to 
      appear in search of air. It was taken advantage of this situation to remove the 
      larvae with a pair of nippers. "Dermatobia hominis" is widely spread in the 
      warm-climated Argentine northern provinces of Chaco, Formosa and Misiones, as 
      well as in Brazil, Paraguay and some regions of Uruguay. It is also known under 
      the name of "Ura". It is a large fly, yellow faced, with dark-blue thorax; an 
      almost rombic metallic-blue abdomen, orange antennae and legs, and dark-brown 
      wings. It lives on the nutrients spared during its larval stage and both 
      fecundation and oviposition, take place along its week-long life. The fecundated 
      female catches different haematophagus insects on the wing, sticking sets of eggs 
      to their abdomens. An embryo developes in each egg, being ready to emerge in a 
      week but does this only when the bearer insect settles on a homeothermal being 
      piercing and penetrating the skin of the new guest in about 10 minutes.
FAU - Mirande, L M
AU  - Mirande LM
FAU - Landolfi, J M
AU  - Landolfi JM
FAU - Pedemonte, L H
AU  - Pedemonte LH
FAU - Pepe, C M
AU  - Pepe CM
LA  - spa
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Miasis forunculoide por "dermatobia hominis".
PL  - Portugal
TA  - Med Cutan Ibero Lat Am
JT  - Medicina cutanea ibero-latino-americana
JID - 7601805
SB  - IM
MH  - *Diptera
MH  - Female
MH  - Furunculosis/*parasitology/therapy
MH  - Humans
MH  - Methods
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Myiasis/*parasitology/therapy
EDAT- 1976/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 1976/01/01 00:01
CRDT- 1976/01/01 00:00
PHST- 1976/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1976/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1976/01/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Med Cutan Ibero Lat Am. 1976;4(6):421-5.