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Int J Clin Pediatr Dent
November 2024
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Government Dental College and Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Aims And Background: Myiasis is an infestation of live humans or animals with dipterous larvae that feed on the host's live or dead tissue. The incidence of oral myiasis is rare and even less common in children. Poor oral hygiene, neurological disabilities, bedridden or locomotor disabilities, low socioeconomic status, malnutrition, etc.
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December 2024
Human infection with Cuterebra species is the most common form of endemic myiasis in North America. The authors present a case of a `12-year-old female with left upper eyelid swelling 1 week after visiting a petting farm in Manitoba. A larva was removed with forceps through an eyelid skin pore and identified as Cuterebra sp.
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December 2024
Department of Geography and Geology, Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland.
In freshwater lakes and rivers, cyanobacteria belonging to the family Leptolyngbyaceae bore > 1 mm deep into limestone pebbles by dissolving carbonate at the tip of their 3-8 μm-thick filaments. The abundance of these borings decreases downward while it is so high at the rock surface that micrometric debris is formed. Moreover, the disintegrated material on the pebbles' surface can be easily removed, for instance, when pebbles are grinding against each other due to wave or current action or when insect larvae settle and scratch loosened grains from the surface while constructing their cases.
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December 2024
Entomology department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Photosensitizing compounds are eco-friendly promising organic dyes for managing insect pests without facing the risk of resistance. The photodynamic efficacy of four Photosensitizing compounds (rose Bengal, rhodamine B, methylene blue and methyl violet) was monitored against the third larval instar of Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval), after exposure to sunlight. The LC values of the four compounds; rose Bengal, rhodamine B, methylene blue and methyl violet recorded 0.
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December 2024
Department of Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The city of Philadelphia has seen an increase in homelessness and substance use disorders, often associated with xylazine-contaminated opiates. Here, we report the first two cases of wound infection and bacteremia associated with the Gram-negative rod species. Both cases were associated with maggot colonization in chronic lower extremity wounds from fentanyl/xylazine injections.
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