A Case of Oral Myiasis Caused by Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in Korea

Abstract

We report here a case of oral myiasis in the Republic of Korea. The patient was a 37-year-old man with a 30-year history of Becker's muscular dystrophy. He was intubated due to dyspnea 8 days prior to admission to an intensive care unit (ICU). A few hours after the ICU admission, 43 fly larvae were found during suction of the oral cavity. All maggots were identified as the third instars of Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) by morphology. We discussed on the characteristics of myiasis acquired in Korea, including the infection risk and predisposing factors.

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“…Se han publicado casos de miasis en unidad de cuidados intensivos en Canadá (24) , Costa Rica (25) , Estados Unidos (26) , Irán (27,28,29) , Francia (30) , Kuwait (4) , Malasia (31) , Corea (32) , y Turquía (33) . Sin embargo, solo se encontró tres reportes de miasis oral en unidad de cuidados intensivos (29,32,33) . Según Lima, la prevalencia de la miasis oral en la población se subestima y los casos no se informan en la literatura (34) .…”

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