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Paediatrics and International Child Health Volume 32, 2012 - Issue 1
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Case Report

Umbilical myiasis in a neonate

V KumarAir Force HospitalAkash Vihar, Kunraghat Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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S M GuptaAir Force HospitalAkash Vihar, Kunraghat Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Pages 58-59 | Accepted 01 Apr 2011, Published online: 12 Nov 2013
 
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Abstract

There are very few reports of myiasis in neonates and umbilical myiasis is the rarest form. The umbilical stump of a 7-day-old neonate in the postnatal ward was found to be infested with maggots secondary to hatching of housefly eggs.

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