Dunphy Louise, Sood Vikas
Department of Surgery, Milton Keynes University Hospital, Milton Keynes, UK.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Monklands Hospital, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, UK.
BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Mar 8;12(3):e228310. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-228310.
Owing to increasing international travel, physicians will encounter more infectious diseases acquired overseas, which may be bacterial, fungal or parasitic in nature. Knowledge of the geographic distribution of specific diseases permits the formulation of a differential diagnosis in the context of clinical presentation. Parasitic infestations of the maxillofacial tissues can be caused by a host of different ectoparasites, for example, myiasis, a frequently misdiagnosed disease of tourists returning from exotic locations. For those natives and travellers who are subject to these 'infestations', the experience can be both alarming and very distressing.
由于国际旅行日益增多，医生将会遇到更多在海外感染的疾病，这些疾病可能是细菌性、真菌性或寄生性的。了解特定疾病的地理分布有助于结合临床表现进行鉴别诊断。颌面部组织的寄生虫感染可由多种不同的体表寄生虫引起，例如蝇蛆病，这是一种常被误诊的疾病，多见于从异国他乡归来的游客。对于那些遭受这些“感染”的当地人及旅行者来说，这种经历可能既令人惊恐又极为痛苦。
