Nosocomial Oral Myiasis by Sarcophaga sp. in Turkey

We present a case of oral myiasis in a 15-year-old boy with tuberculosis meningitis. The diagnosis was based on the visual presence of wriggling larvae about 1 cm in size and on the microscopic features of the maggots, especially those relating to stigmatic structures. The larvae were identified as...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Yonsei medical journal 2005-06, Vol.46 (3), p.431-434
Hauptverfasser:	Yazar, Süleyman, Dik, Bilal, Yalçin, Saban, Demirtaş, Funda, Yaman, Ozan, Oztürk, Mustafa, Sahin, Izzet
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Animals Case Report Cross Infection - microbiology Cross Infection - parasitology Diptera Fatal Outcome Humans Male Mouth Diseases - complications Mouth Diseases - parasitology Myiasis - complications Myiasis - diagnosis Tuberculosis, Meningeal - complications Turkey
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Zusammenfassung:	We present a case of oral myiasis in a 15-year-old boy with tuberculosis meningitis. The diagnosis was based on the visual presence of wriggling larvae about 1 cm in size and on the microscopic features of the maggots, especially those relating to stigmatic structures. The larvae were identified as third-stage larvae of Sarcophaga sp.
ISSN:	0513-5796 1976-2437
DOI:	10.3349/ymj.2005.46.3.431