Nosocomial myiasis in a Canadian intensive care unit

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 25 Sep 2007 English Publisher:CMA Joule Inc.Journal:Canadian Medical Association Journal, volume 177, pages 719-720 (issn: 0820-3946, eissn: 1488-2329,

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Authors: Tom A, Szakacs; Paul, MacPherson; Bradley J, Sinclair; Bruce D, Gill; Anne E, McCarthy;

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.061598

pmid: 17893347

pmc: PMC1976656

Nosocomial myiasis in a Canadian intensive care unit

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Abstract

A 65-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with respiratory distress, congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation thought to be secondary to pneumonia and myocardial infarction. Intubation was performed, and she was admitted to the intensive care unit. A nasogastric feeding tube

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Ottawa Hospital
Canada
University of Ottawa
Canada

Keywords

Canada, Cross Infection, Intensive Care Units, Myiasis, Humans, Female, Aged

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