Nosocomial Myiasis in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU): A Case Report

Myiasis is a parasitic infestation of human and animal tissues caused by larva of several fly species. Nosocomial myiasis is a type of myiasis that patient acquires infestation after admission to hospital and prevention of this infestation should be one of hospital authorities concerns. Therefore, w...

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Autores principales: AHMADPOUR, Ehsan, YOUSSEFI, Mohammad Reza, NAZARI, Mohammad, HOSSEINI, Seyed Abdollah, RAKHSHANPOUR, Arash, RAHIMI, Mohammad Taghi
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6635341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31341861
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author AHMADPOUR, Ehsan
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HOSSEINI, Seyed Abdollah
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description Myiasis is a parasitic infestation of human and animal tissues caused by larva of several fly species. Nosocomial myiasis is a type of myiasis that patient acquires infestation after admission to hospital and prevention of this infestation should be one of hospital authorities concerns. Therefore, we report a case of nosocomial oral myiasis caused by Lucilia sericata in a woman aged 78-yr-old hospitalized in a Heart Center in north of Iran Aug 2015. The significance of fly extermination in hospital was highlighted and emphasized. Besides, the etiology and different aspects of infestation were discussed elaborately.
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spelling pubmed-66353412019-07-24 Nosocomial Myiasis in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU): A Case Report AHMADPOUR, Ehsan YOUSSEFI, Mohammad Reza NAZARI, Mohammad HOSSEINI, Seyed Abdollah RAKHSHANPOUR, Arash RAHIMI, Mohammad Taghi Iran J Public Health Case Report Myiasis is a parasitic infestation of human and animal tissues caused by larva of several fly species. Nosocomial myiasis is a type of myiasis that patient acquires infestation after admission to hospital and prevention of this infestation should be one of hospital authorities concerns. Therefore, we report a case of nosocomial oral myiasis caused by Lucilia sericata in a woman aged 78-yr-old hospitalized in a Heart Center in north of Iran Aug 2015. The significance of fly extermination in hospital was highlighted and emphasized. Besides, the etiology and different aspects of infestation were discussed elaborately. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2019-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6635341/ /pubmed/31341861 Text en Copyright© Iranian Public Health Association & Tehran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Nosocomial Myiasis in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU): A Case Report
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title_short Nosocomial Myiasis in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU): A Case Report
title_sort nosocomial myiasis in an intensive care unit (icu): a case report
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