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https://doi.org/10.5812/archcid.19659

Wound Myiasis in a Sixty-Two-Year-Old Man

Author(s):
Mohammad YasinMohammad Yasin1,*, Nina Gozali AslNina Gozali Asl1, Amirhossein Moghhtader MojdehiAmirhossein Moghhtader Mojdehi1, Masoud MardaniMasoud Mardani2, Kamran AkbarzadehKamran Akbarzadeh3
1Department of Infectious Diseases, Loghman Teaching Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
2Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
3Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
Archives of Clinical Infectious Diseases:Vol. 9, issue 2; 19659
Published online:Jan 24, 2014
Article type:Case Report
Received:Apr 22, 2014
Accepted:May 09, 2014
How to Cite:Yasin M, Gozali Asl N, Moghhtader Mojdehi A, Mardani M, Akbarzadeh K. Wound Myiasis in a Sixty-Two-Year-Old Man. Arch Clin Infect Dis. 2014;9(2):19659. doi: https://doi.org/10.5812/archcid.19659

Abstract

Introduction:

Wound myiasis is one of the common types of myiasis that demonstrates obligatory parasitic behavior.

Case Presentation:

A 62-year-old homeless man presented with an abnormally growing and ruptured neck mass containing worms. He had wound myiasis caused by the larva of Lucilia sericata in his previously punctured neck.

Discussion:

Lucilia sericata can cause both facultative and obligatory myiasis. Immunocompromised patients with diabetes, malignancies, and patients without any kind of nursery are at risk of wound myiasis. In addition, aggressive treatment is needed to prevent the secondary infections in case of obligatory infestation.

Keywords
Myiasis
Ectoparasitic Infestations
Wound
Lucilia sericata

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