Miíase furunculóide de localização atípica

Abstract

A 63 year old black female was admitted in a public hospital complaining of itching and secretion in the gluteus for approximately one month after a trip to a rural area. The patient reported using antibiotic ointment for furuncle treatment. At the clinical examination, two hyperemic lesions showing purulent exudate were observed, and were diagnosed as furunculoid myiasis. One Dermatobia hominis larva was removed from each lesion, by means of occlusion using petroleum jelly and tweezers. Three diseases should be differentiated when dealing with this kind of occurrence: furuncles, furunculoid myiasis (caused by D. hominis) and tissue myiasis (caused by Cochliomyia hominivorax), due to the extensive tissue destruction caused by the latter.

Epidemiological study of myiases in the Hospital do Andaraí, Rio de Janeiro, including reference to an exotic etiological agent

“…However, in Rio de Janeiro, only one group of investigators has reported it as an etiological agent of human myiases . The few other reports have described an association between C. hominivorax and D. hominis and a screwworm infestation in the gluteus region, an unusual location (Nunes et al 2009). The occurrence of C. albiceps associated with human myiasis is an important finding, because of the low number of occurrences, and because it is an exotic etiological agent of myiases in Brazil.…”

Olimpíadas De Caxiuanã: Uma Ferramenta Para O Ensino De Entomologia Nas Escolas De Ensino Fundamental Da Floresta Nacional De Caxiuanã, Melgaço-Pa

“…Neste estudo, foi realizado o primeiro registro de L. cuprina como agente causador de miíase humana no Rio de Janeiro (AZEVEDO et al, 2015). Devem ser consideradas com atenção outras espécies de agentes causadores de miíase no Rio de Janeiro, como D. hominis (FERRAZ et al, 2008;NUNES et al, 2009) e C. macellaria (VALVIESSE et al, 2014). (MARQUEZ et al, 2007, FERRAZ et al, 2011.…”