First case of Furuncular Myiasis due to Cordylobia anthropophaga in a Latin American resident returning from Central African Republic

Suárez, José Antonio; Ying, Argentina; Orillac, Luis A.; Cedeño, Israel; Sosa, Néstor

doi:10.1016/j.bjid.2017.12.003

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“…Dehecq and colleauges [ 34 ] manually extracted two larvae from a 9-month-old boy and the lesions healed shortly after extraction [ 23 , 66 ]. There was 45.3% of the reviewed literature which used manual extraction to successfully remove larvae [ 9 , 17 , 30 , 33 , 36 , 37 ]. None of these cases reported larval fragmentation during the extraction process.…”

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Human myiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

Jallow,

Gassara,

Bajinka

et al. 2024

PLoS Negl Trop Dis

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Background Human myiasis is a parasitic dipteran fly infestation that infects humans and vertebrates worldwide. However, the disease is endemic in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. In Sub-Saharan Africa, it is under-reported and therefore its prevalence is unknown. This systematic review aims to elucidate the prevalence of human myiasis, factors that influence the infection, and myiasis-causing fly species in SSA. The review also dwelled on the common myiasis types and treatment methods of human myiasis. Methods Here, we collect cases of human myiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa based on literature retrieved from PubMed, Google Scholar and Science Direct from 1959 to 2022. A total of 75 articles and 157 cases were included in the study. The recommendations of PRISMA 2020 were used for the realization of this systematic review. Results In total, 157 cases of human myiasis in SSA were reviewed. Eleven fly species (Cordylobia anthropophaga, Cordylobia rodhaini, Dermatobia hominis, Lucilia cuprina, Lucilia sericata, Oestrus ovis, Sarcophaga spp., Sarcophaga nodosa, Chrysomya megacephala, Chrysomya chloropyga and Clogmia albipuntum) were found to cause human myiasis in SSA. Cordylobia anthropophaga was the most prevalent myiasis-causing species of the reported cases (n = 104, 66.2%). More than half of the reported cases were from travelers returning from SSA (n = 122, 77.7%). Cutaneous myiasis was the most common clinical presentation of the disease (n = 86, 54.7%). Females were more infected (n = 78, 49.6%) than males, and there was a higher infestation in adults than young children. Conclusion The findings of this study reveals that international travelers to Sub-Saharan Africa were mostly infested therefore, we recommend that both international travelers and natives of SSA be enlightened by public health officers about the disease and its risk factors at entry points in SSA and the community level respectively. Clinicians in Sub-Saharan Africa often misdiagnose the disease and most of them lack the expertise to properly identify larvae, so we recommend the extensive use of molecular identification methods instead.

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Human myiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

Jallow,

Gassara,

Bajinka

et al. 2024

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“…Os principais agentes da miíase cutânea furunculoide são Dermatobia hominis, Cordylobia anthropophaga, Cuterebra sp e Wohlfahrtia sp. 4,5 É mais comum em países em desenvolvimento (intertropicais), como os da América Central, América do Sul e África subsaariana. 6 Os casos incidentes em indivíduos provenientes de outras áreas do globo decorrem, em geral, de viajantes que estiveram em área endêmica, imputando grande desafio diagnóstico ao retornarem ao país de origem.…”

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“…7,8 Em geral, a extração manual da larva não representa um desafio e é facilitada pela oclusão do orifício com substâncias petrolizadas. 5 Entretanto, quando o diagnóstico da lesão não é realizado corretamente ou quando a larva não é estruída (espontaneamente ou sob manipulação), pode evoluir para a formação de uma tumoração que simula um cisto epidérmico, lipoma (como o caso apresentado) ou mesmo neoplasias malignas de partes moles. 10,11 Nestes casos, a única conduta efetiva é a exérese cirúrgica.…”

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Miíase por Dermatobia hominis simulando lipoma

Funes¹,

Martins²,

Neves³

et al. 2020

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Dermatobia hominis é um dos principais agentes etiológicos da miíase furunculoide. É mais comum em países intertropicais e induz a formação na pele de pápula ou nódulo com orifício central. Quando o diagnóstico da lesão não é realizado ou quando a larva não é estruída, pode evoluir para a formação de uma tumoração. Relatamos um caso raro de lesão simuladora de lipoma no membro inferior de um homem morador da zona rural. O diagnóstico etiológico foi realizado por meio do exame histopatológico, sendo possível visualizar um cisto com material exógeno ao centro, compatível com D. hominis, em nítido processo de degradação.

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“…We read the publication by Suárez et al on “First case of Furuncular Myiasis due to Cordylobia anthropophaga in a Latin American resident returning from Central African Republic” with great interest. 1 Suárez et al noted that “ To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of C. anthropophaga in Latin America. 1 ” The interesting question is whether this is an exact first case of C. anthropophaga in Latin America.…”

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“… 1 Suárez et al noted that “ To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of C. anthropophaga in Latin America. 1 ” The interesting question is whether this is an exact first case of C. anthropophaga in Latin America. In fact, the myiasis is not an uncommon problem and might relate to the travel to endemic area.…”

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