There have been few reports of myiasis in domestic and pet animals in Nigeria although the presence of flies capable of causing the disease has been recorded in the country (LLOYD and DIPEOLU, 1974; DIPEOLU, 1975 a; 1977; IWUALA and OUALA, 1978). In the only available report on calliphorine myiasis of equids and bovines in Nigeria, MOHAMMED and HARTKE (1970) showed that Chrysomyia bezziana was ...

Out of 3350 leprosy patients attending the surgical outpatient department for various ulcerative lesions, 18 patients had typical symptoms of myiasis. Maggots were collected in 5 cases from the nose, in 3 cases from ulcers of the hand and in 10 cases from ulcers of the foot. It was possible to rear the maggots into flies in 8 out of 18 cases. The flies were identified as Sarcophaga ruficornis a...

a 74 yr old woman from gonabad, southern part of khorasan razavi province of iran was admitted to a hospital of gonabad, because of respiratory distress, exertional dyspnea and fever. close contact with domes­tic animals, history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd), and completely resolved pulmonary tuberculosis (tb) in remote past, were nota­ble parts of her past medical history. d...

myiasis is the invasion of vertebrates' tissue by the larvae of a fly of the order diptera. the objective of this paper is to present a rare case of secondary myiasis of ocular infestation by chrysomya bezziana. a 55-year-old female from sar village of mazandaran province, northern iran), referred to khatam al-anbia hospital of mashhad with extensive destruction of left orbital cavity. existenc...

Ophthalmomyiasis can have variable presentation depending on the type of fly, structures involved, and level of penetration. A 42-year-old female presented with extensive myiasis of the right eye. A lesion of 3×2 cm was noted at the medial canthus and was infested with maggots. The larvae were removed meticulously and the wound debrided. The larva isolated was that of Chrysomya bezziana (Old Wo...

Oral myiasis is a rare disease caused by larvae of certain dipteran flies. A case of oral myiasis caused by chrysomya bezziana, in the maxillary anterior region in a 20 year old mentally challenged female patient is reported. Manual removal of the larvae by topical application of turpentine oil, surgical debridement of the oral wound, followed by oral therapy with broad spectrum antibiotics wer...

myiasis is the invasion of body tissues of humans or animals by the larvae of the diptera or two-winged flies. the vari­ous forms of myiasis may be classified from clinical or entomological point. this study describes the existence of chry­somya bezziana (diptera: calliphoridae) cases as a causative agent of myiasis in 18 and 87 year-old men in two differ­ent regions in fars province. to our kn...