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Lucillia Sericata larval therapy in the treatment of diabetic chronic wounds. [PDF]
J Diabetes Metab Disord, 2022 Wounds with dead tissue, purulent wounds, and gangrene are good options for larval therapy. We aim to investigate the effect of larval therapy on diabetic wounds and compare it with traditional treatment.The sterile larvae were used in wound treatment and the infection rate, Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR), and wound size were measured and ...
Jafari A +3 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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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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Terapia larval no tratamento de feridas / Larval therapy in wound treatment [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Development, 2021 Introdução: A terapia de desbridamento com larvas baseia-se no uso de larvas de moscas para remover tecido necrótico e desinfetar feridas. Esse método remove eficientemente o tecido necrótico sem danificar as células saudáveis. Objetivo: Analisar os benefícios da terapia larval no tratamento de feridas.
Luciana Pinheiro Evangelista Monteiro +3 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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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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Healthcare in Low-resource Settings, 2023 The poor economic situation, ongoing political instability, and the 2020 Beirut explosion have seriously eroded the capacity of the Lebanese healthcare system.
Salman Shayya, Frank Stadler
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Estimation of life expectancy and measurement of immature stages of Lucilia sericata fed on three kinds of diets [PDF]
Journal of Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, 2020 Background and Objectives: Finding the best diet is very important to rear Lucilia sericata larvae for therapeutic purposes and prepare standard curves in forensic entomology.
Omid Dehghan +6 more
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