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Myiasis in a Traveler: A Moving Story

Joshua P. Fogelman, MD; Doris J. Day, MD; Robert J. Cohen, MD

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Case Report: A 22-year-old man presented to the Bellevue Hospital Clinic of the New York University Department of Dermatology with four painful nodules on the gluteal region. The patient first noted these nodules, which had been present for 5 months, during travel through South America. He reported no fever, chills, or other symptoms. One month earlier, in an emergency department, he had received oral cephalexin for bacterial furunculosis, but symptoms and signs were not relieved.
On physical examination, four tender, indurated, erythematous nodules measuring approximately 0.5 cm were noted, each with a central punctum draining serosanguinous exudate....
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Fogelman JP, Day DJ, Cohen RJ. Myiasis in a Traveler: A Moving Story. Ann Intern Med. 2003;138:521–522. doi: https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-138-6-200303180-00031

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(6):521-522.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-138-6-200303180-00031

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