Furuncular myiasis by Wohlfahrtia magnifica(Diptera:Sarcophagidae)in a healthy child

作     者：Majed Hamdi Wakid Angham Ahmed Almakki Nouf Saleh Alsahaf Mohammed Ali Almatrafi Majed Hamdi Wakid;Angham Ahmed Almakki;Nouf Saleh Alsahaf;Mohammed Ali Almatrafi

作者机构：King Abdulaziz UniversityFaculty of Applied Medical SciencesDepartment of Medical Laboratory TechnologyJeddahSaudi Arabia Special Infectious Agent UnitKing Fahd Medical Research CenterKing Abdulaziz UniversityJeddahSaudi Arabia Department of Laboratory and Blood BankSecurity Forces HospitalMakkahSaudi Arabia Medical CollegeUmm Al Qura UniversityMakkahSaudi Arabia Department of PediatricsUmm Al Qura UniversityMakkahSaudi Arabia Department of PediatricsSecurity Forces HospitalMakkahSaudi Arabia 

出 版 物：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine》 (亚太热带医药杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2022年第15卷第2期

页      面：87-89页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100202[医学-儿科学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Furuncule Myiasis Wohlfahrtia magnifica Maggots Saudi Arabia 

摘      要：Rationale:Human myiasis is the invasion of tissue or organs by fly *** could be obligatory,facultative,or *** concerns:A 4-year-old Saudi boy complained of fever over the past three days with multiple inflamed painful dermal furuncles and worms-like ***:Furuncular obligatory myiasis caused by Wohlfahrtia ***:Maggots were removed for *** wounds were cleaned with antiseptic *** and oral antibiotics were ***:Seven days later,the wounds completely ***:Although several reports correlated human myiasis with old age,low health status,mental retardation,and low socioeconomic status,but the patient in our case was a healthy child from a family with good socioeconomic status,good hygiene,no history of diseases or mental disability,but traveled to a village where the climate is suitable for fly breeding.