Pin-site myiasis caused by screwworm fly in nonhealed wound, Colombia

Wilmer E. Villamil-Gómez; Jaime A. Cardona-Ospina; Juan Sebastián Prado-Ojeda; Hugo Hernández-Prado; Mauricio Figueroa; Pedro N. Causil-Morales; Keirim Pérez-Reyes; Leidy A. Palechor-Ocampo; Alfonso J. Rodríguez-Morales

doi:10.3201/eid2502.181053

Pin-site myiasis caused by screwworm fly in nonhealed wound, Colombia

Wilmer E. Villamil-Gómez, Jaime A. Cardona-Ospina, Juan Sebastián Prado-Ojeda, Hugo Hernández-Prado, Mauricio Figueroa, Pedro N. Causil-Morales, Keirim Pérez-Reyes, Leidy A. Palechor-Ocampo, Alfonso J. Rodríguez-Morales

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Pin-site myiasis is an underreported complication of surgical interventions. We present a case of myiasis caused by the New World screwworm fly (Cochliomyia hominivorax) in a pin site of a chronic nonhealed wound 12 years after the intervention. This infection apparently was the result of poor perfusion of the leg.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	379-380
Number of pages	2
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	25
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2502.181053
State	Published - 1 Feb 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Pin-site myiasis caused by screwworm fly in nonhealed wound, Colombia

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