A case of myiasis in man due to Wohlfahrtia magnifica (Schiner) recorded near Rome

Parassitologia. 1999 Dec;41(4):583-5.

Abstract

In this report the case of a 14-year-old Italian boy is described in whom scratching wounds of the scalp were invaded by maggots of the dipterous Wohlfahrtia magnifica (Schiner).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Topical
  • Adolescent
  • Chlortetracycline / administration & dosage
  • Chlortetracycline / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen Peroxide / administration & dosage
  • Hydrogen Peroxide / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Myiasis / complications
  • Myiasis / drug therapy
  • Myiasis / parasitology*
  • Penicillins / therapeutic use
  • Piperacillin / therapeutic use
  • Scalp / parasitology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / complications
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Penicillins
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Chlortetracycline
  • Piperacillin