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Clinical and microbiological efficacy of medicinal maggots in the treatment of pressure ulcers in Egypt [PDF]

Journal of Bioscience and Applied Research, 2017
Pressure ulcers are a significant public health problem, especially for patients in long term care facilities. This study aimed to assess the clinical and microbiological efficacy of maggot therapy in the treatment of pressure ulcers.
Tarek Tantawi, Yousry Gohar, Soheir William, Mamdouh Kotb, Nesreen Abou Zeid   +4 more
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Maggot therapy could provide affordable and efficacious wound care in Lebanon and other low- and middle-income countries

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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Maggot debridement therapy as primary tool to treat chronic wound of animals [PDF]

Veterinary World, 2016
Maggot debridement therapy (MDT) is a safe, effective, and controlled method of healing of chronic wounds by debridement and disinfection. In this therapy live, sterile maggots of green bottle fly, Lucilia (Phaenicia) sericata are used, as they prefer ...
Vijayata Choudhary, Mukesh Choudhary, Sunanda Pandey, Vandip D. Chauhan, J. J. Hasnani   +4 more
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Terapia larval: protocolo básico de manutenção, desinfecção, transporte e aplicação de larvas de Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794) (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

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, Paula B. T. Brambilla, Sarah R. A. Silva, Jucélia R. Medeiros, Jéssica T. Jales, Marília A. R. Q. Pinheiro, Julianny B. Ferraz, Renato Motta Neto, Taciano M. Barbosa   +8 more
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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, Seyed Mehdi Tabaie, Javad Rafinejad, Sahar Azarmi, Abbas Rahimi Forooshani, Atiyeh Rafinejad, Kamran Akbarzadeh   +6 more
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Development of bioactive electrospun scaffolds suitable to support skin fibroblasts and release Lucilia sericata maggot excretion/secretion

SN Applied Sciences, 2022
Larval therapy has been reported to be beneficial in the treatment of chronic wounds by promoting granulation tissue formation, due to its antimicrobial properties and by degrading necrotic tissue.
Annesi G. Giacaman, Ioanna D. Styliari, Vincenzo Taresco, David Pritchard, Cameron Alexander, Felicity R. A. J. Rose   +5 more
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Clinical outcome of Maggot Debridement Therapy followed by Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for chronic hand wound with Multi-Drug Resistant Organism infection: Two cases and review of the literature

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2021
The advancement in science and research has led to development of medical maggots which feed exclusively on dead tissue. Medical maggots have three important functions namely debridement, disinfection, and stimulation of wound healing.
Zi Hao Phang, Saw Sian Khoo, Jayaletchumi Gunasagaran, Tunku Sara Tunku Ahmad   +3 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, Dowd, Scot E, Fields, Andrew T, Flores, Micah, Ma, Qun, Singh, Baneshwar, Tarone, Aaron M, Tomberlin, Jeffery K, Wood, Thomas K, Yu, Ziniu, Zheng, Longyu   +10 more
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An assessment of the antibacterial activity in larval excretion/secretion of four species of insects recorded in association with corpses, using Lucilia sericata Meigen as the marker species [PDF]

, 2010
The relative antibacterial activities of excretion/secretion (ES) from two carrion-feeding insects, Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy and Dermestes maculatus DeGeer, and a detritivore, Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus, were compared to that of Lucilia ...
D.E. Gennard, Gennard, K.M. Barnes, Mégnin, R.A. Dixon, Reinecke   +5 more
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Using a combination therapy to combat scalp necrosis: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2020
Background Chronic nonhealing wounds are very expensive to treat and debilitating, and they reduce health-related quality of life. Scalp necrosis is very rare due to its rich vascularity.
Kazem Hajmohammadi, Roghayeh Esmaeili Zabihi, Kamran Akbarzadeh, Naser Parizad   +3 more
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