This week's case was generously donated by MicrobeMan.
The following object was extracted from a patient with a history of travel to a tropical rainforest over 1 month ago. He presented to a dermatologist several times since returning to the U.S. and finally the below object was extracted and sent to the parasitology lab for identification.
Identification?
Based on the organism shown, which continent would you say the patient traveled to?
5 comments:
Bofly larva which are found in Central & South America.
Dermatobia hominis
South America
Bot FLy lava.
Costa Rica.
Tricia MMLNE
Dermatobia/Central or South America
Infestation of fly (second-stage larva): human tissue, Botfly (Dermatobia hominis): fly lays eggs on mosquito
form Central / S. America. The
Tumbu fly (Cordylobia anthropophaga) fly lays eggs in soil or clothing drying in the sun
in tropical Africa.
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