Morphological and Molecular Characterizations of Cochliomyia hominivorax (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Larvae Responsible for Wound Myiasis in French Guiana.
Diagnostics (Basel)
; 13(15)2023 Aug 02.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37568937
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 Cochliomyia hominivorax. We underline the importance of this parasitosis as the second case of myiasis caused by C. hominivorax 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.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Caribe ingles
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Guyana
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Diagnostics (Basel)
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
França
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