Carabid beetle invasion of the ear in Oman

Bhargava, Deepa; Victor, Reginald

doi:10.1580/1080-6032(1999)010[0157:cbiote]2.3.co;2

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“…Scarabiasisis or Canthariasis is a rare condition but an important insectal disease in human caused by the beetles (coleopteran insects) or their larvae. 9 The boy belonged to Mundakayam, a town in Kanjirappally Taluk in the Kottayam District of Kerala. It is the doorway to the high ranges of southern Kerala and is a land of coffee, pepper, cocoa and natural rubber.…”

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A rare and interesting case of Scarabiasis

Varghese¹,

Koshy

et al. 2019

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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Scarabiasis or Canthariasis or Beetle disease is an ectoparasitic infection of the gastrointestinal tract, in which the beetles temporarily infest the digestive tract and rarely the urinary tract. Dung beetle belongs to Scarabiaediae family. It is mostly seen in children aged between 2 to 5 years, who play outdoor for prolonged hours without undergarments. It is a temporary infestation in which early stages of development of beetle takes place in the anus and the adult beetle flies, out of the anus while defecation. A boy aged 3 years and four months presented to the pediatric OPD with complaints of peri umbilical abdominal pain, vomiting, nausea, mucus in stool along with “black insects” in his stool. The clinical examination revealed that the pulse rate, blood pressure and temperature were normal. Per rectal examination and ultrasound of the abdomen was normal. Routine examination of stool and urine was also found to be normal. The beetle was identified by the medical entomologist as dung beetle belonging to family Scarabidae. This report implies that the boy had an infestation with the larvae of dung beetle in the gastro intestine. The family belonged to the high range area of Mundakayam. Agriculture is the main source of income for people and main plantation being Rubber. Natives breed cattle for their livelihood and agriculture. During contact with mud or while playing outdoors naked, he would have come into contact with the eggs or the beetle, which hatched into larvae and caused canthariasis.

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A rare and interesting case of Scarabiasis

Varghese¹,

Koshy

et al. 2019

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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“…Coleoptera türle-rinin erişkinlerinin göz, kulak gibi organlarda ve deri altında saptandığı bazı vaka bildirimleri olmuştur (7,8). Fakat yapılan literatür taramasında Coleoptera türlerinin larvalarına bağlı uzun ya da kısa süre devam eden sindirim sistemi enfestasyonuna rastlanmamıştır.…”

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Infestation of the Human Digestive System with Beetle Larvae (Coleoptera: Cantharidae): A Case Report

Yılmaz

Cengiz²,

Dülger³

et al. 2015

TurkiyeParazitolDerg

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ÖZETBu çalışma, bir çocuk hastada Coleoptera larvalarının neden olduğu sindirim sistemi enfestasyonunu rapor etmek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Hasta kusmuk ve dışkısından böcek larvası çıkması, karın ağrısı, kasıklarda ağrı, iştahsızlık, saç dökülmesi, aşırı temizlik davranışı, aşırı sinirlilik hali ve dikkat dağınıklığı şikâyetleri ile hastanemize başvurmuştur. Larvaların tipik olarak Coleoptera takımından Cantharidae ailesine bağlı insektlerin larvalarının morfolojisine sahip olduğu görülmüştür. Tedavi için tek doz albendazol (400 mg) kullanılmıştır. Sonuç olarak sunmuş olduğumuz bu vaka ile oral yolla rastlantısal olarak alınan Coleoptera larvalarının insanların sindirim sisteminde canlılığını yitirmeden belli bir süre yaşamaya devam edebildiği ve hem toksik maddeleriyle hem de meydana getirdiği muhtemel irritasyonla çeşitli belirtilere neden olduğu görülmüştür. (Turkiye Parazitol Derg 2014; 38: 278-80) Anahtar Sözcükler: Coleoptera larvası, sindirim sistemi, insan Geliş Tarihi: 06.02.2014Kabul Tarihi: 11.06.2014 ABSTRACTThis study was conducted to report the digestive system infestation caused by the larvae of Coleoptera in a female pediatric patient. She was admitted to our hospital with the complaints of emergence of insect larvae from her vomit and feces, abdominal pain, inguinal pain, lack of appetite, hair loss, excessive cleaning behavior, extreme irritability, and distractibility. The larvae observed typically had the morphology of the larvae of insects related to the Cantharidae family in the Coleoptera order. For treatment, a single dose of albendazole (400 mg) was used. Consequently, in the present case, it was seen that the larvae of Coleoptera incidentally taken orally could continue to live for a period in the digestive tract of people, without losing vitality, and the larvae caused a variety of symptoms due to both their toxic agents and the possible irritation they caused. (Turkiye Parazitol Derg 2014; 38: 278-80)

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“…Scarabids such as dung beetles were recovered from stool samples from 18 children in rural north‐east India . Nasal and otic canthariasis were also reported …”

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“…Majumder and Datta recovered adult dung beetles from stool samples of 18 children from rural northeast India. Adult Crasydactylus punctatus (Coleoptera; Carabidae) was recovered from the middle ear and caused sensorineural hearing loss in a patient from Oman …”

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