Maggot Wound Therapy Associated with Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica Blood Infection

Maggot therapy is the intentional application of live, disinfected fly larvae to wounds for debridement and wound care. Although some studies suggest possible beneficial applications for wound healing, subsequent infection is a potential risk of treatment. We present a case of a 70-year-old male wit...

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Autores principales: Bueide, Peter, Hunt, Jeff, Bande, Dinesh, Guerrero, Dubert M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7854341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33552787
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12471
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Bande, Dinesh
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description Maggot therapy is the intentional application of live, disinfected fly larvae to wounds for debridement and wound care. Although some studies suggest possible beneficial applications for wound healing, subsequent infection is a potential risk of treatment. We present a case of a 70-year-old male with chronic left temporal wound from squamous cell carcinoma treated with maggot therapy complicated by bacteremia with Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica (W. chitiniclastica). This case illustrates the risk for W. chitiniclastica infection associated with maggots used in medical wound therapy of chronic wounds.
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spelling pubmed-78543412021-02-04 Maggot Wound Therapy Associated with Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica Blood Infection Bueide, Peter Hunt, Jeff Bande, Dinesh Guerrero, Dubert M Cureus Internal Medicine Maggot therapy is the intentional application of live, disinfected fly larvae to wounds for debridement and wound care. Although some studies suggest possible beneficial applications for wound healing, subsequent infection is a potential risk of treatment. We present a case of a 70-year-old male with chronic left temporal wound from squamous cell carcinoma treated with maggot therapy complicated by bacteremia with Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica (W. chitiniclastica). This case illustrates the risk for W. chitiniclastica infection associated with maggots used in medical wound therapy of chronic wounds. Cureus 2021-01-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7854341/ /pubmed/33552787 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12471 Text en Copyright © 2021, Bueide et al. 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 author and source are credited.
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Bueide, Peter
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Maggot Wound Therapy Associated with Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica Blood Infection
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title_full Maggot Wound Therapy Associated with Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica Blood Infection
title_fullStr Maggot Wound Therapy Associated with Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica Blood Infection
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title_short Maggot Wound Therapy Associated with Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica Blood Infection
title_sort maggot wound therapy associated with wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica blood infection
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7854341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33552787
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12471
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