Myiasis in the intensive care unit: report from Switzerland and review of worldwide cases
Swiss Medical WeeklyNosocomial myiasis is seldom reported in Europe, and intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired myiasis is even rarer. Here, we describe the first report of hospital-acquired oral myiasis caused by Lucilia sericata occurring in a Swiss ICU.
Marine Monney +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 ...
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Nosocomial nasal myiasis in an intensive care unit.
The Malaysian journal of pathology, 2011 A 73-year-old Chinese man was admitted to the Accident and Emergency Premorbid Ward of a local hospital in Malaysia. The patient complained of shortness of breath with cough and was in a semi-conscious state. He was later admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital.
W A, Nazni +9 more
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Case Report: Outbreak of Nosocomial Myiasis by Cochliomyia macellaria (Diptera, Calliphoridae) in a Hospital in Colima, Mexico. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2023 ABSTRACT. Myiasis in humans is a disease caused by larvae of various fly families. It mainly occurs in communities with poor sanitation and low socioeconomic status. Meanwhile intrahospital or nosocomial myiasis represents a rare phenomenon but is of relevance to public health.
Espinoza-Gómez F +4 more
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Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2016 A 74 yr old woman from Gonabad, southern part of Khorasan Razavi Province of Iran was admitted to a Hospital of Gonabad, because of respiratory distress, exertional dyspnea and fever.
Seyed Farzin MIRCHERAGHI +3 more
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Furuncular myiasis of the foot caused by the tumbu fly, Cordylobia anthropophaga: Report in a Medical Student Returning from a Medical Mission trip to Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2013 Cutaneous myiasis in humans is a temporary parasitic infestation of the skin by fly larvae or maggots of a variety of Dipteran families. In the United States, autochthonous cases of myiasis are infrequently seen.
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A Case of Nasopharyngeal Myiasis Caused by Sarcophaga sp. [PDF]
, 2023 Myiasis is a parasitic infestation of tissues and body cavities of vertebrates by Diptera larvae. Nasal myiasis is mostly caused by the Sarcophagidae and Calliphoridae families. Many predisposing factors play a role in the appearance of nasal myiasis. In
Çiçek, Mutalip +9 more
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Nosocomial Megaselia spiracularis Nasal Myiasis. [PDF]
Intern MedShimizu S, Hidaka Y, Ogino K.
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Oral Myiasis Caused by Chrysomya bezziana in Anterior Maxilla
Case Reports in Dentistry, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014., 2014 Oral myiasis is a rare pathology and is associated with poor oral hygiene, alcoholism, senility, suppurating lesions, and severe halitosis. It arises from invasion of body tissues or cavities of living animals by maggots or larvae of certain dipterian flies. It is mostly reported in developing countries and in the tropics.
Ankur Aggarwal +8 more
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A Case of Human Oral Myiasis by Lucilia sericata in a Hospitalized Patient in Extremadura, Spain
Case Reports in Medicine, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 Myiasis is the term used to describe infestations, both obligatory and accidental, in vertebrate animals and humans by dipteral 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 hygiene, or facial traumatism.
C. Pérez-Giraldo +7 more
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