Diabetic foot ulcers with myiasis: a potential route for resistance gene dissemination for enterococci?

Profile of pediatric patients with myiasis treated at a tertiary hospital in Rio de Janeiro

“…Regarding the prevalence of myiasis cases in the pediatric population, compared to the involvement in all age groups, the present study showed a lower percentage than that found in the literature. 7 , 8 …”

“…What is also noteworthy is the change in the main infection site, which in pediatric patients is preferentially the cephalic segment, facilitated by pediculosis, traumas and because it is a region not covered by clothing; on the other hand, in adults, the preferred place is the distal third of the lower limbs. 7 , 8 , 9 …”