External Ophthalmomyiasis Caused by a Rare Infesting Larva, Sarcophaga argyrostoma
| Autor: | Avi Peretz, Modi Naftali, Heather Schnur, Amos Wilamowski, Shmuel Graffi, Fouad Akad |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Veterinary medicine animal structures biology genetic structures Flesh fly fungi Sarcophaga argyrostoma Case Report General Medicine biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Oestrus ovis Botfly lcsh:Ophthalmology lcsh:RE1-994 Rare case parasitic diseases medicine Rhinoestrus purpureus Pneumonia (non-human) |
| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine, Vol 2013 (2013) Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine |
| ISSN: | 2090-6730 2090-6722 |
| Popis: | Purpose. External ophthalmomyiasis (EO) is caused by infesting larvae belonging to various species of flies. Most documented cases result from sheep (Oestrus ovis) and Russian (Rhinoestrus purpureus) botfly larvae, but we recently discovered a rare case of EO caused by flesh fly (Sarcophaga argyrostoma) larvae. Here, we report the case of a patient with EO who had been hospitalized and sedated for 1 week because of unrelated pneumonia.Methods. Case report.Results. A total of 32 larvae were removed from the adnexae of both eyes. Larvae identification was confirmed through DNA analysis. Treatment with topical tobramycin resulted in complete resolution of EO.Conclusion. EO can be caused byS. argyrostoma, and the elderly and debilitated may require extra ocular protection against flies during sedation. |
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