Chrysomya Bezziana oral myiasis

Kumar, GS Vijay; Sowmya, G S; Shivananda, Sandesh

doi:10.4103/0974-777x.91066

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“…The larvae of Chrysomya bezziana burrow deep into the host's healthy living tissue in a screw-like fashion feeding on living tissue. In our case also the larvae were present deep into the tissue in the anterior maxilla and this may be responsible for the extensive necrosis observed in the present case [ 13 ].…”

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Oral Myiasis Caused byChrysomya bezzianain Anterior Maxilla

Aggarwal¹,

Daniel²,

Shetty³

et al. 2014

Case Reports in Dentistry

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Oral myiasis is a rare pathology and is associated with poor oral hygiene, alcoholism, senility, suppurating lesions, and severe halitosis. It arises from invasion of body tissues or cavities of living animals by maggots or larvae of certain dipterian flies. It is mostly reported in developing countries and in the tropics. We hereby report a rare case of oral myiasis in a 70-year-old female with extensive necrotic oral lesion burrowing into the hard palate through which numerous live maggots (larvae) and seen emerging out and discuss the definition, etiology, predisposing factors, classification, and management of the same. Furthermore, the life cycle of the causative organism in the present case, that is, Chrysomya bezziana, has also been discussed.

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Oral Myiasis Caused byChrysomya bezzianain Anterior Maxilla

Aggarwal¹,

Daniel²,

Shetty³

et al. 2014

Case Reports in Dentistry

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“…Furthermore, it is more common in rural regions than in urban areas, especially in developing countries with a lack of basic sanitation, close contact with livestock animals, and inadequate garbage disposal [6,7]. Men are more infected than women, mainly due to outdoor activities and less personal hygiene [8]. It generally affects people of low socioeconomic level, immunocompromised, or those with psychiatric disorders [6,9].…”

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Morphological and Molecular Characterizations of Cochliomyia hominivorax (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Larvae Responsible for Wound Myiasis in French Guiana

Akhoundi,

Mathieu,

Hannachi

et al. 2023

Diagnostics

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Myiasis is an ectoparasitic infection caused by the larvae of true flies (Diptera). We came across a rather rare case of myiasis in an immunocompetent 34-year-old man from French Guiana with advanced wound myiasis masquerading as cavitary myiasis and a history of cholesteatoma surgery in the left ear. The Diptera larvae responsible for the disease were isolated and identified using morphological and molecular approaches as Cochliomyia hominivorax. We underline the importance of this parasitosis as the second case of myiasis caused by C. hominivorax and the first case of wound myiasis in this overseas department of France and its incidence in pre-urban areas of the capital, Cayenne, in South America.

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“…Oral myiasis is regarded as a type of wound myiasis and it was first described by Laurence in 1909 and occurs in humans mainly in the tropics [ 2 ]. Oral myiasis is associated with poor oral hygiene, but other factors can also play a role, such as alcoholism, senility, suppurating lesions, gingival diseases, trauma, paralysis or immobility, and mental debility [ 3 ], [ 4 ].…”

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