Article Text
Emergency casebook
Case of the month: Cutaneous myiasis in a returning traveller from the Algarve: first report of tumbu maggots, Cordylobia anthropophaga, acquired in Portugal
Abstract
A 61 year old woman returning to the UK from the Algarve and complaining of boil-like lesions was found to have cutaneous myiasis caused by tumbu maggots, Cordylobia anthropophaga. This is apparently the first report of acquisition of this form of myiasis in Portugal.
- myiasis
- tumbu
- Cordylobia anthropophaga
- Portugal
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Competing interests: none declared
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Consent was obtained from the patient for this case report.