Urinary Canthariasis Due to Tenebrio molitor Larva in a Ten-Year-Old Boy

Urinary Canthariasis Due to Tenebrio molitor Larva in a Ten-Year-Old Boy

Canthariasis is a human disease caused by infestation of beetle larvae. We report here an unusual cause of urogenital in­fection due to Tenebrio molitor in a 10-year-old boy suffering from severe and intermittent suprapubic pain from Nehban­dan City, Northeastern Iran in 2018. After 9 months, three...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Hassan Aelami, Alireza Khooei, Hamidreza Ghorbani, Farrokh Seilanian-Toosi, Elham Poustchi, Bibi Razieh Hosseini-Farash, Elham Moghaddas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2019-08-01
Series:Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases
Subjects:
Canthariasis; Bladder; Human; Child
Online Access:https://jad.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jad/article/view/1211

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