Maggot Therapy for Snakebite Necrotic Wound in a Horse [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Veterinary Surgery, 2021 Maggot therapy is the use of sterile fly larvae in the treatment of superficial wounds in humans and animals. Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larvae are most commonly used for this purpose.
Masoud Ahmadnejad, Fereydon Rezazadeh
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Cerebral larval infection presenting as delayed encephalopathy and nonconvulsive status epilepticus: a case report [PDF]
Encephalitis, 2021 Adult cerebral Toxocara canis larval infections are rare. Humans are infected by contacting soil that contains infectious eggs or by eating undercooked meat. We encountered a patient with cerebral T. canis infection who showed recurrent altered mentality
Jung-Ju Lee +6 more
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Entomological Communications, 2021 Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) is an exotic blowfly in Brazil and it is considered one of the main species of medical-forensic importance.
Renata A. Gama +8 more
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Terapia de desbridamiento larval: una revisión sistemática
NURE Investigación, 2023 Objetivo. Analizar la evidencia disponible sobre la efectividad de la terapia larval en el tratamiento de las heridas crónicas. Método. Estudio de revisión mediante revisión sistemática.
María Alonso González +1 more
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Larval therapy in wound management: a review. [PDF]
International journal of clinical practice, 2007 Debridement is an essential component of wound care as the presence of devitalised tissue can impede the healing process. Larval therapy has been used for the debridement of wounds for several hundred years. A plethora of literature is available on larval therapy, but many authors acknowledge the paucity of large-scale clinical trials supporting its ...
A, Parnés, K M, Lagan
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Antibacterial Efficacy of Two Commercially Available Bacteriophage Formulations, Staphylococcal Bacteriophage and PYO Bacteriophage, Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Prevention and Eradication of Biofilm Formation and Control of a Systemic Infection of Galleria mellonella Larvae [PDF]
, 2020 Sessile bacteria growing on surfaces are more resistant to standard antibiotics than their planktonic counterpart. Due to their antimicrobial properties, bacteriophages have re-emerged as a promising approach to treat bacterial biofilm-associated ...
Di Luca, Mariagrazia +4 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2022 Background Leishmaniasis is a neglected infectious disease caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania. The disease generally manifests as characteristic skin lesions which require lengthy treatment with antimonial drugs that are often associated with ...
Jila Sherafati +2 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 Larval therapy (LT) is an alternative treatment for healing chronic wounds; its action is based on debridement, the removal of bacteria, and stimulating granulation tissue.
Andrea Díaz-Roa +8 more
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A metagenomic assessment of the bacteria associated with Lucilia sericata and Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) [PDF]
, 2014 Lucilia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Calliphoridae) is a blow fly genus of forensic, medical, veterinary, and agricultural importance. This genus is also famous because of its beneficial uses in maggot debridement therapy (MDT).
Crippen, Tawni L +10 more
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Orally active antischistosomal early leads identified from the open access malaria box. [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Worldwide hundreds of millions of schistosomiasis patients rely on treatment with a single drug, praziquantel. Therapeutic limitations and the threat of praziquantel resistance underline the need to discover and develop next generation drugs.
A Fenwick +42 more
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