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Myiasis by Cordylobia anthropophaga and C. rodhaini (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in Polish travelers to Africa with new molecular data.
J Med Entomol
January 2025
Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, Gdańsk 80-308, Poland.
Myiasis is a parasitic infestation of soft vertebrate tissues by larval stages of Diptera. We briefly described the lesion-causing genus Cordylobia Grünberg (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Three Polish travelers to Uganda, Gambia, and Senegal returned with furuncular myiasis.
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JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc
July 2021
Department of Pediatric Research, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal.
Myiasis is a skin infection caused by developing larvae (maggots) of various Diptera fly species. The two most frequent flies that cause human infestations around the world are Dermatobia hominis (human botfly) and Cordylobia anthropophaga (tumbu fly). Maggots have been found to infest the nose, ear, orbit, tracheostomy wound, face, gums, and serous cavities, among other places.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFuruncular myiasis in Italian traveler returning from Kenya.
J Infect Dev Ctries
January 2020
UOC Microbiologia e Virologia, ASST "Papa Giovanni XXIII", Bergamo, Italia.
Myiasis has been defined as the infestation of organs and/or tissues with dipterous larvae. They are especially widespread in tropical and subtropical areas. Cutaneous myiasis is its most frequent clinical presentation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFuruncular Myiasis of the Lower Leg.
Acta Dermatovenerol Croat
September 2019
Ferdinand Toberer, MD, Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, University Medical Center, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Im Neuenheimer Feld, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany;
A 35-year-old Caucasian woman, otherwise healthy, presented with a four weeks history of painful, inflammatory nodules, each with a central opening on her right lower leg (Figure 1). Intermittently, a marked serosanguinous secretion was noted. The remaining skin and mucosa were not affected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Furunculoid skin lesions after travel to the tropics].
Internist (Berl)
March 2007
Sektion Klinische Tropenmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, INF 324, 69120 Heidelberg, Deutschland.
We present a case of cutaneous myiasis (Tumbu fly; Cordylobia anthropophaga) in a German traveller returning from Africa. Myiasis is caused by dipterous larvae invading human or animal tissues. The diagnosis is based on the travel history and specific features of the furunculoid skin lesions.
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