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Review
. 2001 Sep;39(3):255-60.
doi: 10.3347/kjp.2001.39.3.255.

Nosocomial submandibular infections with dipterous fly larvae

C Y Joo  1 , J B Kim
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Review

Nosocomial submandibular infections with dipterous fly larvae

C Y Joo et al. Korean J Parasitol. 2001 Sep.

Abstract

In September 1998, a case of nosocomial cutaneous myiasis caused by Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826) in a 77-year-old male was found. The patient had been receiving partial maxillectomy due to the presence of malignant tumor on premaxilla. This is the first verified case involving Lucilia sericata in Taegu, Korea. In the present paper, the salient morphological features of the third instar larvae involved have been studied.

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Figs. 1-6
Figs. 1-6
Fig. 1. Twenty larvae of Lucilia sericata removed from the wound. Figs. 2-6. Scanning electron microscopy of the larva. Anterior end with oral hooks (×50). 3. Oral hooks (×180). 4. Caudal end with posterior spiracles. Spiracular area surrounded by 10 tubercles (×25). 5. Posterior spiracles which have three slit-like opening (×50). 6. Posterior spiracles (×180).
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