A case of myiasis due to Hypoderma bovis, Lithuania, 2004

Žygutienė, Milda; Narkevičiūtė, Irena; Mudeniene, V; Žiliukienė, Jolanta

doi:10.2807/esm.11.05.00627-en

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“…However, the larvae in humans can migrate and may move many centimeters from the original site in a month [6,[11][12][13]. Patients are normally unaware of penetration of the skin by the larva, but after some months (in the present case after 6 months) a sensation of creeping movement under the skin and small white structures protruding from the lesions are described.…”

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Cutaneous myiasis caused by Hypoderma lineatum

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Marinič-Fišer

2008

Wien Klin Wochenschr

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Cutaneous myiasis is a temporary parasitic infestation of the skin of domestic and wild animals and occasionally of humans by the larvae of flies. Larvae of many flies from various geographic areas can cause myiasis: in Central and South America, human cutaneous myiasis is mainly caused by the larvae of Dermatobia hominis; in Africa, by the larvae of Cordylobia anthropophaga; in the northern hemisphere (North America, Europe, Africa and Asia), by the larvae of Hypoderma spp. A case of cutaneous myiasis in a 47-year-old woman, co-author of the present report, is described. She returned to Slovenia from a three-week trip to Ladakh in Northern India. The parasite, nested in tumor-like swelling about 1-2 cm in diameter and 0.5 cm high in her neck, was removed. The parasite was identified by its morphological characteristics as the larva of Hypoderma lineatum. After the removal of the larva, which was yellowish-white, oval-shaped and about 6 mm long and 1.5 mm wide, the lesion healed in two weeks without further treatment. Clinical and laboratory staff will need to be alert in the future, not only to myiasis caused by Dermatobia and Cordylobia larvae from tropical and subtropical areas but also to Hypoderma larvae from the Himalayan area from where the patient returned to Slovenia.

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“…Cases of myiasis caused by Central and South American Dermatobia hominis larvae and African Cordylobia anthropophaga larvae are commonly imported by tourists returning to Europe. However, cases of myiasis caused by the larvae of Hypoderma, which are spread throughout the northern hemisphere, are rare in humans [1][2][3][4][5][6].…”

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Cutaneous myiasis caused by Hypoderma lineatum

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Wien Klin Wochenschr

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“…[11] Particular attention should be given to the wound dressings and plaster casts of elderly or infirmed patients because these can actually conceal infestations to which these patients are unable to respond. [12] Furthermore, it is likely that many cases of myiasis remain unreported for various cultural, social and medico–political reasons.…”

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First case report of human myiasis with Sarcophaga species in Makkah city in the wound of a diabetic patient

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Tayeb²,

Khodari³

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J Nat Sc Biol Med

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We have reported a case of a 40-year-old male diabetic patient, resident of a rural area, who visited the outpatient clinic of the diabetic center in Alnoor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. He came to seek medical advice for a single wound in the back of the shoulder since 1 month. After examination, a larva was eliminated and sent to laboratory for confirmation. It was confirmed as the third-stage larva of Sarcophaga species after macroscopic and microscopic examination. This is the first case of a patient having diabetic wound myiasis with the larva of Sarcophaga species reported in the Makkah region of Saudi Arabia.

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