A Case of Cutaneous Myiasis Caused byWohlfahrtia magnifica

Abstract

Myiasis is caused by the invasion of tissues or organs of man or animals by dipterous larvae. The disease is infrequent in Turkey; it is observed particularly in people with some predisposing factors. A 46-year-old male farmer with nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (NBCCS) presented with the complaint of a blood-tinged discharge and pain in the left frontal-temporal region for three days. Physical examination revealed live maggots in the ulcerous wound resulting from basal cell carcinoma. The larvae were removed with forceps, and the wound was locally dressed with povidone-iodine. The maggots were identified as the third instar larvae of Wohlfahrtia magnifica.

Myiasis

“…A lack of adequate medical and nursery care of the elderly, psychiatric patients, alcoholics, and other helpless patients, especially those with the inability to discourage flies from depositing eggs or larvae, also makes humans prone to wound infestation (185). Poor visual acuity may limit the detection of myiasis.…”

A Case of Gingival Myiasis Caused by Wohlfahrtia magnifica

“…Bu larvalar oral miyaz dışında aural miyaz, oftalmomiyaz, vulvar miyaz, yara miyazı, otomiyaz ve kutanöz miyaza da neden olabilir [13][14][15][16][17][18] . Ülkemizde erişkin bireyde Calliphoridae türevi diptera larvalarının sebep olduğu gingival miyaz olgularına da rastlanmıştır 4 .…”

Determination of Early Colonizer Urban Blowfly Species Using Small Bait Traps on a University Campus

“…In a study on the fly fauna conducted in the rubbish dumps of the towns of Mamak and Sincan, in Ankara, Güler (2000) collected Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann, 1830) between June and September and Lucilia sericata between April and October. Şaki and Özer (1999) (Kokcam and Saki, 2005). The holoarctic species Lucilia sericata is considered as a common species in the World and causes myiasis in animals (Eren et al, 2010).…”