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Photographs showing the healing process of the skin ulcer of the patient in Guangdong.
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posted on 2019-10-16, 17:38 authored by Xianyi Zhou, Dzinkambani Moffat Kambalame, Sitong Zhou, Xiang Guo, Dan Xia, Yemei Yang, Rangke Wu, Juan Luo, Fenglong Jia, Mingchi Yuen, Yuehua Xu, Geyang Dai, Li Li, Tian Xie, Santhosh Puthiyakunnon, Wenxia Wei, Lixian Xie, Siting Liang, Yuqin Feng, Songgen Huang, Yongxuan Hu, Qianzhen Mo, Rongjia Mai, Xiaoqing Zhang, Philip Spradbery, Xiaohong Zhou(A) The skin ulcer on the patient’s left leg showing a large ulcer measuring 4 cm × 5 cm with undermining up to 8 cm × 8 cm; the black arrow shows tunnels with the third-instar migrating in. An obvious flare expanded to her whole left limb. (B) The skin ulcer showing a grayish-blue skin nodule that appeared near the ulcer, ф1.5 cm, the black arrow shows two larvae in the discharge. (C) The ulcer healed completely.
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