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Background: Myiasis is a disease caused by the infestation of human tissue by the larval stage of various flies. It has been identified in sub-Saharan Africa and in tropical parts of the Americas. Cases have also been identified among travelers returning to the United States. Infestations may involve any part of the body, including the scalp, and open wounds may become infected with these larvae. The primary cause of wound myiasis in the western hemisphere is Cochliomyia hominivorax. Case Report: We present a case of wound myiasis in an adult Haitian male with a persistent wound for 2 years. To our knowledge, only 1 other report of wound myiasis in Haiti caused by C hominivorax has been published. Conclusion: Wound myiasis can occur in many tropical regions of the world, including Haiti. Because of the prevalence of global travel, clinicians should be familiar with the condition's diagnosis and management.
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Presentamos un caso de miasis nosocomial ocurrido en un hospital peruano, cuyo agente etiológico identificado fue Cochliomyia hominivorax, en un paciente de 82 años que estuvo internado en una unidad de cuidados intensivos por insuficiencia respiratoria aguda tipo I, y sepsis por absceso hepático, el cual fue sometido a intubación para brindarle respiración mecánica asistida. Al tercer día de ingreso a UCI se observó presencia de múltiples larvas maduras de tercer estadio en cavidad oral. El tratamiento consistió en la extracción manual de las larvas y terapia de ivermectina a razón de 0,2 miligramos por kilogramo de peso con respuesta favorable. Al mes de ser diagnosticado de miasis el paciente fallece por complicaciones de sepsis hepática y neumonía.
We present the case of nosocomial myiasis, which occurred in a Peruvian hospital, whose etiological agent was identified as Cochliomyia hominivorax, associated with an 82-year-old patient who was admitted to an intensive care unit, due to acute respiratory failure type I, and sepsis due to abscess hepatic, which underwent intubation to provide assisted mechanical ventilation. On the third day of admission to the ICU, multiple mature larvae were observed in the oral cavity. The treatment consisted of the manual extraction of the larvae, and ivermectin therapy at a rate of 0,2 milligrams per kilogram of weight with favorable response. One month after being diagnosed with myiasis. The patient died of complications of hepatic sepsis and pneumonia.
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Dípteros , Miíase/diagnóstico , Miíase/parasitologia , Traqueostomia/efeitos adversos , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Animais , Antiprotozoários/uso terapêutico , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Dípteros/classificação , Feminino , Humanos , Larva , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Miíase/tratamento farmacológico , Miíase/etiologia , Miíase/cirurgia , Fatores de Risco , Resultado do Tratamento , Adulto JovemRESUMO
La miasis es la infección de humanos y otros vertebrados, por larvas o pupas de moscas. La miasis bucal es unacondición rara no reportada en el Perú. Se presenta un caso de miasis en cavidad oral por Cochliomyia hominivorax en un varón de 62 años procedente de Huacho (Lima, Perú) con postración por enfermedad de Parkinson.
Myasis is an infection of humans and other vertebrates by fly larvaes. It is a rare condition which has not been described in Peru. We presented a case report of an oral myasis by Cochliomyia hominivorax in a 62 year-old patient from Huacho (Lima, Peru) with prostration for Parkinson disease.