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Nosocomial oral myiasis in ICU patients: occurrence of three sequential cases [PDF]
GMS Hygiene and Infection Control, 2015 Myiasis is the infestation of living vertebrates or humans tissues by dipterous larvae. The oral cavity is rarely affected by this infestation and the circumstances which can lead to oral myiasis include persistent mouth opening together with poor ...
Leylabadlo, Hamed Ebrahimzadeh +3 more
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Infantile Nosocomial Myiasis in Iran [PDF]
Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2012 Myiasis, the invasion of live human tissue by larva of Diptera, is reported in the nasal cavity of a 5.5-year-old Iranian girl. She was referred from Golestan Province to the Shaheed Rajaei Heart Center in Tehran.
NasehMaleki Ravasan +3 more
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Occurrence of Nasal Nosocomial Myiasis by Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) In North of Iran [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2012 We report a case of human nasal nosocomial myiasis in a 69-year-old rural man with numerous live maggots in nostrils. The patient was admitted in Emergency Ward due to dyspnea. After 72 hours the companion of patient discovered larva. The presence of the
MR Youssefi, MT Rahimi, Z Marhaba
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Nosocomial myiasis in a Canadian intensive care unit [PDF]
Cmaj, 2007 A 65-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with respiratory distress, congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation thought to be secondary to pneumonia and myocardial infarction. Intubation was performed, and she was admitted to the intensive care unit.
Paul Macpherson, Anne E Mccarthy
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A Review of Myiasis in Iran and a New Nosocomial Case from Tehran, Iran. [PDF]
Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2014 Background: Due to various climatic conditions in different parts of Iran, presenting of various kinds of human myiasis is expected. Despite of a few case series, most papers related to myiasis are case reports originated from various parts of Iran. This
Mahbobeh Alizadeh +5 more
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Oral myiasis complicating endotracheal intubation in a diabetic patient: a case report [PDF]
Frontiers in EndocrinologyMyiasis is a rare parasitic disease caused by infestation of dipterous fly larvae into living human or animal tissues. Although nosocomial myiasis has been occasionally reported in critically ill patients, cases of oral myiasis in patients with diabetic ...
Qimei Xiao +5 more
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Nosocomial Infections: Do Not Forget the Parasites! [PDF]
Pathogens, 2021 Nosocomial infections (NIs) pose an increasing threat to public health. The majority of NIs are bacterial, fungal, and viral infections; however, parasites also play a considerable role in NIs, particularly in our increasingly complex healthcare ...
Ursula Fürnkranz, Julia Walochnik
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Human myiasis in Ecuador. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 We review epidemiological and clinical data on human myiasis from Ecuador, based on data from the Ministry of Public Health (MPH) and a review of the available literature for clinical cases.
Manuel Calvopina +5 more
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Wound Myiasis Caused by Sarcophaga (Liopygia) Argyrostoma (Robineau-Desvoidy) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae): Additional Evidences of the Morphological Identification Dilemma and Molecular Investigation. [PDF]
ScientificWorldJournal, 2017 In Mediterranean countries, Sarcophaga (Liopygia) crassipalpis, Sarcophaga (L.) argyrostoma, and Sarcophaga (L.) cultellata share the same ecological niche and can be responsible of myiasis. In this study, the main morphological characters of a larva found in a hospitalized woman were described and illustrated by light and SEM microscopy and the ...
Giangaspero A +5 more
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Journal of the Scientific SocietyMyiasis is a universal term for extreme infection by the parasitic fly larvae that feed on their host living/dead tissue. Oral myiasis is a disease in humans associated with poor oral hygiene, suppurative oral lesions, alcoholism, and senility. It rarely
Deepak Khandelwal +4 more
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