First Report of Nasal Myiasis Caused by Lucilia sericata in the Pediatric Age Group from Tehran, Iran

Myiasis is an infestation caused by dipterous larvae. Nosocomial myiasis usually occurs in bedridden patients. Herein, we report a nasal myiasis in a 12-year-old female with cerebral palsy (CP) from Tehran, Iran and provide morphological identification of Lucilia sericata as the causative agent. The...

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Autores principales: Sayyahfar, Shirin, Zare Mahmoudabadi, Ramin, Mahdavynia, Soheila, Esteghamati, Abdoulreza, Salemi, Borna, Khanaliha, Khadijeh
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Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9375722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36046562
http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v17i1.9032
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author Sayyahfar, Shirin
Zare Mahmoudabadi, Ramin
Mahdavynia, Soheila
Esteghamati, Abdoulreza
Salemi, Borna
Khanaliha, Khadijeh
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description Myiasis is an infestation caused by dipterous larvae. Nosocomial myiasis usually occurs in bedridden patients. Herein, we report a nasal myiasis in a 12-year-old female with cerebral palsy (CP) from Tehran, Iran and provide morphological identification of Lucilia sericata as the causative agent. The infection was identified 10 days after the hospital admission. It can be categorized as a nosocomial infection. As far as we are aware, this is the first report of nasal myiasis in the pediatric age group from Tehran, Iran.
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spelling pubmed-93757222022-08-30 First Report of Nasal Myiasis Caused by Lucilia sericata in the Pediatric Age Group from Tehran, Iran Sayyahfar, Shirin Zare Mahmoudabadi, Ramin Mahdavynia, Soheila Esteghamati, Abdoulreza Salemi, Borna Khanaliha, Khadijeh Iran J Parasitol Case Report Myiasis is an infestation caused by dipterous larvae. Nosocomial myiasis usually occurs in bedridden patients. Herein, we report a nasal myiasis in a 12-year-old female with cerebral palsy (CP) from Tehran, Iran and provide morphological identification of Lucilia sericata as the causative agent. The infection was identified 10 days after the hospital admission. It can be categorized as a nosocomial infection. As far as we are aware, this is the first report of nasal myiasis in the pediatric age group from Tehran, Iran. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9375722/ /pubmed/36046562 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v17i1.9032 Text en Copyright © 2022 Sayyahfar et al. Published by Tehran University of Medical Sciences https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Khanaliha, Khadijeh
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title_full First Report of Nasal Myiasis Caused by Lucilia sericata in the Pediatric Age Group from Tehran, Iran
title_fullStr First Report of Nasal Myiasis Caused by Lucilia sericata in the Pediatric Age Group from Tehran, Iran
title_full_unstemmed First Report of Nasal Myiasis Caused by Lucilia sericata in the Pediatric Age Group from Tehran, Iran
title_short First Report of Nasal Myiasis Caused by Lucilia sericata in the Pediatric Age Group from Tehran, Iran
title_sort first report of nasal myiasis caused by lucilia sericata in the pediatric age group from tehran, iran
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9375722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36046562
http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v17i1.9032
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