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An elderly patient was admitted with sepsis to a community hospital. The individual was found to have a foot wound infested with maggots, and clinical evidence of cellulitis. A blood culture was positive on day 2 with . The patient was treated successfully with a combination of antibiotics and manual removal of the maggots. Poor living conditions were central to his presentation.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7525056 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000078 | DOI Listing |
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