Cordylobia anthropophaga Myiasis Mimicking Hyperproliferative Skin Disorder in Traveler Returning from Sub-Saharan Africa

Lidija Popović Dragonjić; Andrija Jović; Irena Janković; Jelena Miladinović; Aleksandar Ranković; Maja Cvetanović; Relja Beck; Dinko Novosel; Thomas Pape; Pavle Banović

doi:10.3390/tropicalmed8110505

Cordylobia anthropophaga Myiasis Mimicking Hyperproliferative Skin Disorder in Traveler Returning from Sub-Saharan Africa

Trop Med Infect Dis. 2023 Nov 20;8(11):505. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed8110505.

Authors

Lidija Popović Dragonjić^{1

2}, Andrija Jović³, Irena Janković^{4

5}, Jelena Miladinović², Aleksandar Ranković^{1

2}, Maja Cvetanović², Relja Beck⁶, Dinko Novosel⁷, Thomas Pape⁸, Pavle Banović^{9

10}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine Niš, University of Niš, 18000 Niš, Serbia.
² Clinic for Infectology, University Clinical Center Niš, 18000 Niš, Serbia.
³ Clinic for Dermatology, University Clinical Center Niš, 18000 Niš, Serbia.
⁴ Department of Surgery and Anesthesiology and Reanimatology, Faculty of Medicine Niš, University of Niš, 18000 Niš, Serbia.
⁵ Clinic for Plastic Surgery, University Clinical Center Niš, 18000 Niš, Serbia.
⁶ Department for Bacteriology and Parasitology, Croatian Veterinary Institute, Savska Cesta 143, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
⁷ Department for Pathological Morphology, Croatian Veterinary Institute, Savska Cesta 143, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
⁸ Natural History Museum of Denmark, Science Faculty, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁹ Clinic for Lyme Borreliosis and Other Tick-Borne Diseases, Department of Prevention of Rabies and Other Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.
¹⁰ Department of Microbiology with Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine in Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.

Abstract

Myiasis is one of the most common skin diseases found in travelers returning from tropical and subtropical regions, where humans living in or visiting the African continent are most commonly infested by C. anthropophaga during the rainy season in regions with a warm climate. Here, we present a case of furuncular myiasis caused by C. anthropophaga in a Serbian patient returning from temporary work in Kenya, where the initial histology of skin lesion mimicked hyperproliferative skin disorder.

Keywords: C. antropophaga; Serbia; myiasis; pathohistology; returning traveller.

Publication types

Case Reports

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.