Florid <i>Cordylobia anthropophaga</i> furuncular myiasis from travel in <scp>N</scp>igeria

Wangia, Michael; Glenn, Candace; Mitchell, Christina L.; Fisher, Samantha

doi:10.1111/j.1346-8138.2012.01648.x

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“…Pezzi M and colleauges [ 8 ] mechanically extracted 15 larvae from a 45-year-old man, however, 5 of the larvae were damaged. The patient was given a treatment of doxycycline for a week and recovered later [ 22 , 66 , 73 ]. Of the reported cases, 28% did not specify the extraction method used.…”

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“…This method can differentiate closely related species and identify immature stages which could be an effective method in cases where traditional morphological method is ineffective [ 1 , 20 , 21 ]. Secondary bacterial superinfection and tetanus are some of the severe complications of human myiasis especially if larvae fragmentation occurs during removal [ 16 , 21 , 22 ]. Subsequently, the need to systematically review the current literature on human myiasis in SSA is an important priority.…”

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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

PLoS Negl Trop Dis

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“…Although C. anthropophaga and D. hominis is found in Africa and Central and South Americas, respectively, myiasis is continuously recorded throughout the world due to travelers returning from endemic areas. It has been reported in several countries, including France [9], China [11], US [14], Canada [15], Tunisia [16], Italy [17], Japan [18,19], and Israel [4]. Therefore, sufficient knowledge and experience for diagnosis is needed to avoid misdiagnosis, such as pyoderma, impetigo, staphylococcal furunculosis, and cutaneous leishmaniasis [1].…”

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A Case of Furuncular Myiasis Due to Cordylobia anthropophaga in a Korean Traveler Returning from Uganda

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A fly larva was recovered from a boil-like lesion on the left leg of a 33-year-old male on 21 November 2016. He has worked in an endemic area of myiasis, Uganda, for 8 months and returned to Korea on 11 November 2016. The larva was identified as Cordylobia anthropophaga by morphological features, including the body shape, size, anterior end, posterior spiracles, and pattern of spines on the body. Subsequent 28S rRNA gene sequencing showed 99.9% similarity (916/917 bp) with the partial 28S rRNA gene of C. anthropophaga. This is the first imported case of furuncular myiasis caused by C. anthropophaga in a Korean overseas traveler.

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“…This condition has been reported in several countries, including Spain (7), Japan (8), the UK (9), and the US (10). Twenty-nine cases of cutaneous myiasis were reported in China from…”

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