First Report on Concomitant Infection of Nasal Myiasis and Trichosporonosis in an Uncontrolled Diabetic Patient: Case Report

Amit Kumar Tyagi; P S Suji; Amit Kumar; Saurabh Varshney; Aroop Mohanty; Pratima Gupta

doi:10.1007/s12070-020-01850-9

First Report on Concomitant Infection of Nasal Myiasis and Trichosporonosis in an Uncontrolled Diabetic Patient: Case Report

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 Oct;74(Suppl 2):810-812. doi: 10.1007/s12070-020-01850-9. Epub 2020 Apr 13.

Authors

Amit Kumar Tyagi¹, P S Suji¹, Amit Kumar¹, Saurabh Varshney¹, Aroop Mohanty², Pratima Gupta²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otorhinolaryngology & Head-Neck Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand 249201 India.
² Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India.

Abstract

Myiasis is an infestation of living tissue of animals or humans by fly larvae. It is quite common in tropical countries due to hot and humid climates. Trichosporonosis is an invasive disseminated fungal infection caused by Trichosporon species. Disseminated trichosporonosis is usually a fatal disease with poor prognosis. The aim of this manuscript is to report a clinical case of concomitant nasal myiasis and Trichosporonosis infection in an uncontrolled diabetic patient which was treated successfully by two weeks of Voriconazole therapy.

Keywords: Diabetes mellitus; Myiasis; Trichosporon; Voriconazole.