Nosocomial Oral Myiasis by Sarcophaga sp. in Turkey

Yonsei Med J. 2005 Jun 30;46(3):431-4. doi: 10.3349/ymj.2005.46.3.431.

Abstract

We present a case of oral myiasis in a 15-year-old boy with tuberculosis meningitis. The diagnosis was based on the visual presence of wriggling larvae about 1 cm in size and on the microscopic features of the maggots, especially those relating to stigmatic structures. The larvae were identified as third-stage larvae of Sarcophaga sp.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Animals
  • Cross Infection / microbiology
  • Cross Infection / parasitology*
  • Diptera*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mouth Diseases / complications
  • Mouth Diseases / parasitology*
  • Myiasis / complications
  • Myiasis / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Meningeal / complications
  • Turkey