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THE production of ammonia as their main nitrogenous end-product by flesh-fly larvae is now well known. The mechanism of its production however is still obscure [Messer and McLellan, 1935]. Hobson [1931] for instance was unable to find any evidence of deamination of glycine at PH 6-8 by aqueous extracts of Lucilia sericata larvae. One of us [Brown, 1935] carried out the same experiment using lar...

tissue of living human with dipterous larvae”1. Parasitologically myiasis could be classified as obligatory, facultative or accidental. Clinically myiasis may be classified according to part of the body tissue invaded. Cutaneous myiasis is the commonest type. Body cavity myiasis; nasopharyngeal, ocular, aural and the gastrointestinal tract urogenital system are less common. Urethral myiasis is ...

To the Editor: We report the identification of Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica bacteria in a sample of blood obtained from a patient in Surrey, United Kingdom. We highlight the importance of recognizing unusual bacteria that are associated with the larvae of parasitic flies as a potential causative agent of severe infection in patients with myiasis in the United Kingdom and possibly worldwide....