Morphological and Molecular Characterizations of Cochliomyia hominivorax (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Larvae Responsible for Wound Myiasis in French Guiana

Myiasis is an ectoparasitic infection caused by the larvae of true flies (Diptera). We came across a rather rare case of myiasis in an immunocompetent 34-year-old man from French Guiana with advanced wound myiasis masquerading as cavitary myiasis and a history of cholesteatoma surgery in the left ea...

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Veröffentlicht in:Diagnostics (Basel) 2023-08, Vol.13 (15), p.2575
Hauptverfasser: Akhoundi, Mohammad, Mathieu, Alexandre, Hannachi, Wajih, Nasrallah, Jade, Quezel, Guillaume, Blaizot, Romain, Blanchet, Denis, Ben Romdhane, Habib, Epelboin, Loïc, Izri, Arezki
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Zusammenfassung:Myiasis is an ectoparasitic infection caused by the larvae of true flies (Diptera). We came across a rather rare case of myiasis in an immunocompetent 34-year-old man from French Guiana with advanced wound myiasis masquerading as cavitary myiasis and a history of cholesteatoma surgery in the left ear. The Diptera larvae responsible for the disease were isolated and identified using morphological and molecular approaches as We underline the importance of this parasitosis as the second case of myiasis caused by and the first case of wound myiasis in this overseas department of France and its incidence in pre-urban areas of the capital, Cayenne, in South America.
ISSN:2075-4418
2075-4418
DOI:10.3390/diagnostics13152575