Gastrointestinal Myiasis Due to Sarcophaga argyrostoma (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) in Mashhad, Iran: a Case Report
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Abstract
Myiasis is infection with a fly larva, usually occurring in tropical and subtropical areas. A 32-years-old immunocompromised woman with fever, gastrointestinal pain, cramps, vomiting; and fatigue was referred to Ghaem Hospital in Mashhad in July 2018. Entomological characterisation of cephaloskeletons, posterior spiracles of the excreted larvae and genital dissection of male fly were diagnosed as Sarcophaga (Liopygia) argyrostoma. Accidental intestinal myiasis caused by unplanned intake of dipterous larvae by contaminated food staff or water. Patients with immune deficiency may be more at risk for the threat of maggot’s infestation, so in such cases, hospital standard should be more in attention. To best of our knowledge, S. argyrostoma has not been reported before in the indexed literature from Iran.
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17. DeFoliart GR, Pelton E (1955) A case of human intestinal myiasis caused by Mus-cina stabulans (Fallén). Am J Trop Med Hyg. 4(5): 953–955.
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3. Aguilera A Cid, Regueiro A, Prieto BJ, Noya JM (1999) Intestinal myiasis caused by Eristalis tenax. J Clin Microbiol. 37(9): 3082.
4. Hall M (1991) Screwworm flies as agents of wound myiasis. World animal review. Available at: http://www.fao.org/3/U4220T/u4220T07.htm
5. Mullen GR, Durden LA (2009) Medical and Veterinary Entomology. Academic press. p. 792.
6. Berenji F, Hosseini-Farash BR, Marvi-Moghadam N (2015) A case of second-ary ophthalmomyiasis caused by Chrysomya bezziana (Diptera: Calliphoridae). J Ar¬thropod Borne Dis. 9(1): 125.
7. Jaenson TG (2002) Medically important par¬asitic arthropods (insects, ticks, and mites) of the northern Holarctic region: Para¬sites of the Colder Climates. Vol. 1. Taylor and Francis, London, pp, 216–254.
8. Alizadeh M, Mowlavi G, Kar¬gar F, Nateghpour M, Akbarzadeh K, Hajeno-rouzali-Tehrani, M (2014) A review of myiasis in Iran and a new nosocomial case from Tehran, Iran. J Arthropod Borne Dis. 8(2): 124.
9. Norouzi R, Manochehri A (2017) Case re-port of human intestinal myiasis caused by Lucilia illustris. Arch Clin Infect Dis. 12(1): e36306.
10. North DE, Matteson KL, Helgerson SD, Richards FJR, Stewart JM, Baum L, Catts EP (1987) Intestinal myiasis in a baby at¬tending a public health clinic. J Nurse Pract. 12(5): 60–63.
11. Szpila K, Richet R, Pape T (2015) Third instar larvae of flesh flies (Diptera: Sar-cophagidae) of forensic importance-crit-ical review of characters and key for Eu-ropean species. Parasitol Res. 114(6): 2279–2289.
12. Richet R, Blackith RM, Pape T (2011) Sarcophaga of France (Diptera: (Sar-coph¬agidae): agris. Pensoft press, Bulgaria, p. 327.
13. Laarman J, Van Thiel PH (1967) A pe¬cu-liar case of intestinal (pseudo) myiasis and a case of wound myiasis in the Neth¬er¬lands. Trop Geogr Med. 19(3): 187–191.
14. Kenney M, Eveland LK, Yermakov V, Kassouny DY (1967) Two cases of en-teric myiasis in man: pseudomyiasis and true intestinal myiasis. Am J Clin Pathol. 66(5): 786–791.
15. Francesconi F, Lupi O (2012) Myia-sis. Clin Microbiol Rew. 25(1): 79–105.
16. Kuria SK, Villet M, Kingu H, Dhaffala A (2015) Human myiasis in rural South Af-rica is under-reported. S Afr Med J. 105 (2): 129–133.
17. DeFoliart GR, Pelton E (1955) A case of human intestinal myiasis caused by Mus-cina stabulans (Fallén). Am J Trop Med Hyg. 4(5): 953–955.
18. Dik B, Uslu U, Işık N (2012) Myiasis in animals and human beings in Turkey. Kafkas Univ Vet Fak Derg. 18(1): 37–42.
19. Giangaspero A, Marangi M, Balotta A, Venturelli C, Szpila K, Di Palma A (2017) Wound Myiasis Caused by Sarcophaga (Liopygia) Argyrostoma (Robineau-Des-voidy) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae): Addi-tional Evidences of the Morphological Identification Dilemma and Molecular In-vestigation. ScieWorld J 2017: 9064531.
20. Nagy V (2012) Unusual presentation of the urogenital myiasis caused by Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Ann Agric Environ Med. 19(4): 802–804.
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Najjari M, Dik B, Pekbey G. Gastrointestinal Myiasis Due to Sarcophaga argyrostoma (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) in Mashhad, Iran: a Case Report. J Arthropod Borne Dis. 2020;14(3):317–324.
