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Laboratory Maintenance of the Lower Dipteran Fly Bradysia (Sciara) coprophila: A New/Old Emerging Model Organism
Published on: April 19, 2024
Extensive oral lesion colonized with 601 myiasis larvae
J R Laureano Filho1, T P Bezerra, F T B Lima
1University of Pernambuco-Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Av. Gal. Newton Cavalcanti, 1650 Tabatinga, Recife Pernambuco 54.753-220, Brazil. laureano@pq.cnpq.br
Abstract:
Myiasis is a type of infection caused by the larvae of flying insects. This paper reports a case of a 72-year-old Caucasian man who was referred to the Infectology Department of Oswaldo Cruz University Hospital (Pernambuco-Brazil) for urgent treatment as he was malnourished and dehydrated. He had a facial and buccal lesion colonized with larvae and was extremely debilitated. The surgical and clinical treatment indicated at the first moment was the surgical removal of the larvae. But, after two days, some larvae were still present and therefore 12 mg of ivermectin was administered. At the end of the treatment, 601 larvae had been removed and the therapeutics established were suitable.
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