Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine, 1986 Sixty-five fly maggots were retrieved from the nasal cavity of an unconscious 64-year-old man who had been admitted 18 days earlier with diabetic hyperosmolar coma. The larvae were identified as Cochliomyia macellaria, an organism commonly associated with myiasis in the United States.
D R, Smith, R R, Clevenger
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Infantile Nosocomial Myiasis in Iran
Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2015 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. In the 41th day after admission, a live
Naseh Maleki-Ravasan +3 more
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[Nosocomial myiasis in Latin America and the Caribbean: an overlooked reality?].
Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health, 2016 Nosocomial myiasis is an infestation by fly larvae that occurs while a patient is hospitalized. To analyze the available information on nosocomial myiasis in Latin America and the Caribbean, a search was done for cases published in the last 52 years. Nine clinical cases were found for Brazil, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Honduras, and Jamaica.
Rocío, Sánchez-Sánchez +3 more
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Nosocomial oral myiasis in an intensive care unit
Anales de la Facultad de Medicina, 2019 Presentamos un caso de miasis nosocomial ocurrido en un hospital peruano, cuyo agente etiológico identificado fue Cochliomyia hominivorax, en un paciente de 82 años que estuvo internado en una unidad de cuidados intensivos por insuficiencia respiratoria aguda tipo I, y sepsis por absceso hepático, el cual fue sometido a intubación para ...
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The Price of Hospital Reshaping: Nasal Myiasis Caused by Flesh Fly (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) in Reallocated COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit. [PDF]
Healthcare (Basel), 2023 Dolinaj V +5 more
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Morphological and Molecular Characterizations of Cochliomyia hominivorax (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Larvae Responsible for Wound Myiasis in French Guiana. [PDF]
Diagnostics (Basel), 2023 Akhoundi M +9 more
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[First report of nosocomial myiasis by Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in Costa Rica].
Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2014 Nosocomial myiases can be an important condition from a public health perspective. However, cases of this condition reported in regional and worldwide biomedical literature are scarce.A case of nosocomial myiasis is reported from Costa Rica, where the species involved was Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae).A 91-year-old patient with signs of ...
Lucía, Quesada-Lobo +2 more
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Answer to September 2022 Photo Quiz. [PDF]
J Clin Microbiol, 2022 Dupont D +4 more
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Clogmia albipunctata (Nematocera; Psychodidae) as the Etiologic Agent of Myiasis: True or False? [PDF]
Diagnostics (Basel), 2022 Akhoundi M +4 more
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Nasal myiasis in patients with disturbance of consciousness: A case report and literature review. [PDF]
Zhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban, 2021 Kuo H, Meng X, Huang X, Wu A, Long L.
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