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. 2001 Mar-Apr;64(3-4):159-61.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2001.64.159.

Case report: recovery of Calliphora vicina first-instar larvae from a human traumatic wound associated with a progressive necrotizing bacterial infection

L Delhaes  1 , B Bourel, L Scala, B Muanza, E Dutoit, F Wattel, D Gosset, D Camus, E Dei-Cas
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Case report: recovery of Calliphora vicina first-instar larvae from a human traumatic wound associated with a progressive necrotizing bacterial infection

L Delhaes et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2001 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

Human myiasis caused by Calliphora vicina is rare in Europe. Here we report a case of C. vicina infection occurring in the traumatic leg wound of a healthy 21-year-old man. Firstly, a progressive necrotizing infection developed in the wound despite administration of antibiotics. Aeromonas hydrophila was isolated from the wound samples. Secondly, during debridement, C. vicina first-instar larvae were isolated from the wound. To our knowledge, this is the first European case of C. vicina wound myiasis associated with severe A. hydrophila infection.

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