Noma (cancrum oris) associated with oral myiasis in an adult

Autor: A M M, Aguiar, C O, Enwonwu, F R, Pires
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Oral diseases. 9(3)
ISSN: 1354-523X
Popis: Noma is a devastating oro-facial necrotic condition affecting debilitated subjects. Oral myiasis is an infectious disease caused by deposition of larval flies in oral wounds and lesions. Oro-facial noma-myiasis association has not been previously reported in the literature. The aim of this paper is to report a case of noma associated with myiasis in a 65-year-old Brazilian male.
Databáze: OpenAIRE