Urinary Canthariasis Due to Tenebrio molitor Larva in a Ten-Year-Old Boy
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Mohammad Hassan Aelami
,
Alireza Khooei
,
Hamidreza Ghorbani
,
Farrokh Seilanian-Toosi
,
Elham Poustchi
,
Bibi Razieh Hosseini-Farash
,
Elham Moghaddas
Abstract
Canthariasis is a human disease caused by infestation of beetle larvae. We report here an unusual cause of urogenital infection due to Tenebrio molitor in a 10-year-old boy suffering from severe and intermittent suprapubic pain from Nehbandan City, Northeastern Iran in 2018. After 9 months, three larvae were excreted. Keratinization of bladder wall was observed in histopathology. All laboratory evaluations were normal except for presence of microscopic hematuria. This report implicated that T. molitor could infest bladder accidentally and cause canthariasis and clinical symptoms that may lead to severe pain and bladder inflammation and hyperemia.
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2. Palmer ED (1946) Intestinal canthariasis due to Tenebrio molitor. J Parasitol. 32: 32–54.
3. Finke MD (2002) Complete nutrient compo¬sition of commercially raised inver¬te-brates used as food for insectivores. Zoo Biol. 21: 269–285.
4. Hinman EH, Faust EC (1932) The inges-tion of the larvae of Tenebrio molitor, L. (Meal Worm) by man. J Parasitol. 19: 119–120.
5. Senior-White RA (1920) On the occurrence of Coleóptera in the human intestine. In¬
dian J Med Res. 7: 568–569.
6. Mullen GR, Durden LA (2009) Medical and Veterinary Entomology. Academic Press, New York.
7. Freye HB, Esch RE, Litwin CM, Sorkin L (1996) Anaphylaxis to the ingestion and inhalation of Tenebrio molitor (meal¬worm) and Zophobas morio (superworm). Al-lergy Asthma Pro. 17: 215–219.
8. Tulp N (1739) Observationes Medicae. Wishoff G, Leiden.
9. Bateman T (1811) An account of the larvae of two species of insects discharged from the human body. Edinburgh Med Surg J. 7: 41–48.
10. Mowlavi G, Mobedi I, Mamishi S, Re-zaeian M, Ashtiani MH, Kashi M (2008) Hymenolepis diminuta (Rodolphi, 1819) infection in a child from Iran. Iran J Publ Health. 37: 120–122.
11. Rodriguez-Morales AJ, Vera-Ospina JJ, Berthel-Vergara JM, Silvera-Arenas LA, Villamil-Gómez WE (2018) Accidental ulcer infestation due Tenebrio molitor in an AIDS patient: canthariasis. Int J Infect Dis. 73: 253–254.
12. Azizkhan RG, Mami A (2017) Epider-mol¬ysis Bullosa: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Complications, and Treatment. In: Till H, Thomson M, Foker J, Holcomb III G, Khan K (eds) Esophageal and Gastric Dis¬orders in Infancy and Childhood. Spring¬er, Berlin, Heidelberg
13. Salimi M, Goodarzi D, Karimfar M, Edalat H (2010) Human urogenital myiasis caused by Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphor¬idae) and Wohlfahrtia magnifica (Dip¬tera: Sarcophagidae) in Markazi Province of Iran. Iran J Arthropod Borne Dis. 4: 72–76.
14. El-Dib NA, El Wahab WMA, Hamdy DA, Ali MI (2017) Case report of human uri-nary myiasis caused by Clogmia al¬bipunc-tata (Diptera: Psychodidae) with morpho¬logical description of larva and pupa. J Arthropod Borne Dis. 11: 533–538.
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| Issue | Vol 13 No 4 (2019) | |
| Section | Case Report | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.18502/jad.v13i4.2239 | |
| Keywords | ||
| Canthariasis; Bladder; Human; Child | ||
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Aelami MH, Khooei A, Ghorbani H, Seilanian-Toosi F, Poustchi E, Hosseini-Farash BR, Moghaddas E. Urinary Canthariasis Due to Tenebrio molitor Larva in a Ten-Year-Old Boy. J Arthropod Borne Dis. 2019;13(4):416-419.
