Urinary Myiasis Caused by Clogmia albipunctata from the Palestinian Territories

Hjaija, D; Sawalha, S S; Amr, Zuhair S.; Katbeh‐Bader, Ahmad; Hassoon, R A H

doi:10.3166/bspe-2018-0037

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“…The main species reported to cause oral myiasis are Cochliomyia hominivorax , Chrysomya bezziana , Musca domestica , Sarcophaga species, Luciliasericata , Lucilia cuprina , Musca nebulo , Oestrus ovis , Calliphoridae , Dermatobia hominis , Hypoderma bovis , Hypoderma tarandi and Wohlfahrtia magnifica [ 2 ]. Larvae of Clogmia albipunctata had been reported to cause human nasopharyngeal myiasis [ 12 ], intestinal myiasis [ 6 , 8 ] and urinary myiasis [ 5 , 7 ]. However, the case of human residual root myiasis caused by Clogmia albipunctata larvae had never been reported.…”

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A rare case of residual root myiasis caused by Clogmia albipunctata larvae (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Chen

Liu

et al. 2022

BMC Infect Dis

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Background Dental injury caused by caries and trauma is the main cause of residual roots. Food trapped in the residual roots is difficult to clean. If the residual roots are not treated and cared for in time, flies can take advantage as soon as hygiene slips. Here, we present a rare case of human residual root myiasis caused by Clogmia albipunctata larvae, never previously reported. Case presentation A 26-year-old lady found two active, living larvae in her mouth while brushing her teeth. She did not present with fever, pain and any uncomfortable oral feeling. The intraoral examination revealed the right second mandibular molar was severely damaged as a result of caries, leaving a residual tooth root. The mucosa above it was mildly erythematous and edematous. No larvae and no inflamed gums were observed in her mouth. When normal saline was used to flush the area of the residual root with a syringe, four larvae appeared from the residual root. The larvae were observed by naked eye and under a light microscope. They were identified as the mature stage larvae of Clogmia albipunctata. Because the patient was in lactation, medication was not recommended. Treatment included the removal of all visible larvae followed by flushing the residual root with normal saline three times a day. The patient was followed-up weekly for one month. No more larvae were found and the erythematous and edematous mucosa healed completely. Conclusions The existence of a residual root can result in residual root myiasis. Myiasis caused by Clogmia albipunctata larvae or other fly larvae should be considered in cases of residual root infection.

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A rare case of residual root myiasis caused by Clogmia albipunctata larvae (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Chen

Liu

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“…Urinary myiasis was documented twice from Egypt (El-Badry et al 2014;El-Dib et al 2017), once from the Palestinian Territories (Hjaija et al 2018), and once from India (Sarkar et al 2018). Intestinal myiasis was reported twice from Malaysia (Mokhtar et al 2016;Smith and Thomas 1979), once from Japan (Tokunaga 1953), and once from Taiwan (Tu et al 2007).…”

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Unnoticed arrival of two dipteran species in Austria: the synanthropic moth fly Clogmia albipunctata (Williston, 1893) and the parasitic bird louse fly Ornithoica turdi (Olivier in Latreille, 1811)

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In the framework of a mosquito-monitoring program conducted from 2014 to 2018, non-culicid dipteran bycatch was identified to species-level with a focus on Diptera of medical and veterinary importance as part of a biodiversity initiative and barcoding project ("Austrian Barcode of Life"). Two species hitherto not known from Austria, the regularly sampled synanthropic moth fly Clogmia albipunctata (Psychodidae) and a single specimen of the louse fly Ornithoica turdi (Hippoboscidae), were collected in Vienna and Lower Austria. We confirmed identification results using a barcoding approach and provide the first reference sequence for O. turdi.

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“…The larvae of Clogmia albipunctata can cause myiasis. Larvae of Clogmia albipunctata had been reported to cause human nasopharyngeal myiasis [16], intestinal myiasis [7,9] and urinary myiasis [8]. The case of human residual root myiasis caused by Clogmia albipunctata larvae had not been reported before.…”

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“…(Fig. 4) From previous morphological characters and comparing all the morphological characters to several literatures [7][8][9], it was indenti ed as the fourth instar larval stage larva of Clogmia albipunctata.…”

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A Rare Case of Human Residual Root Myiasis Caused by Clogmia Albipunctata Larvae(Diptera: Psychodidae)

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Liu²,

Chen³

2021

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Background: Clogmia albipunctata is cosmopolitan in distribution. The adult flies can survive and spread outdoors during the temperate seasons while continuously breeding in buildings during the winter months. Because they are non-biting, tiny and quite, most of people do not pay special attention to them. It is the first case reported that Clogmia albipunctata larvae cause human residual root myiasis.Case presentation: In December 2020, a 26-year-old woman was referred from Kaifeng New District Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital to the Department of Pathogenic Biology, Medical College of Henan University with chief complaint that two active alive larvae were found in the mouth while brushing her teeth in the morning. The intraoral examination revealed nice oral hygiene and no larvae was found directly. The right second mandibular molar was a residual root and the mucosa above it was mild erythematous and edematous and no bleeding on probing was present. While some 50℃ normal saline was injected in the residual root with syringe, four larvae swarmed out from the residual root. The larvae were observed by naked eyes and light microscope and the larvae were reared. One adult fly was got 11 days later. They were identified as Clogmia albipunctata larvae. Because the patient was in lactation, medication was not recommended. Treatment included the removal of all visible larvae followed by debridement. The patient was followed-up for 1 month and healed. The patient’s residual root myiasis was associated with sleeping with the mouth open and the smell of rotten food in the residual root attracted Clogmia albipunctatus to lay eggs in the residual root.Conclusions: This report implies that even if the oral hygiene is nice in general, the existence of residual roots maybe results in oral myiasis. The myiasis caused by Clogmia albipunctata larvae should be paid attention to. It is necessary to treat residual roots in time.

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Urinary Myiasis Caused by Clogmia albipunctata from the Palestinian Territories

Cited by 10 publications

References 11 publications

A rare case of residual root myiasis caused by Clogmia albipunctata larvae (Diptera: Psychodidae)

A rare case of residual root myiasis caused by Clogmia albipunctata larvae (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Unnoticed arrival of two dipteran species in Austria: the synanthropic moth fly Clogmia albipunctata (Williston, 1893) and the parasitic bird louse fly Ornithoica turdi (Olivier in Latreille, 1811)

A Rare Case of Human Residual Root Myiasis Caused by Clogmia Albipunctata Larvae(Diptera: Psychodidae)

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