BMC Ophthalmology (Dec 2018)

Oestrus ovis external ophtalmomyiasis: a case report in Burgundy France

  • Louise Basmaciyan,
  • Pierre-Henry Gabrielle,
  • Stéphane Valot,
  • Marc Sautour,
  • Jean-Christophe Buisson,
  • Catherine Creuzot-Garcher,
  • Frédéric Dalle

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-018-1003-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

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Abstract Background External ophtalmomyiasis (EOM) is a zoonosis related to the presence of Oestrus ovis larvae at the ocular level in small ruminants (i.e. ovine, caprine). In humans, EOM is a rare cosmopolitan disorder, mostly described in warm and dry rural areas in patients living close to livestock areas. In metropolitan France (excluding Corsica), EOM is an exceptional disease with less than 25 cases recorded since 1917. Case presentation We report a case of EOM in a 19-years old man in the last week of September 2016 in Burgundy. Conclusion The diagnosis of an EOM in Burgundy, a French region described as cold and humid, is surprising and could be due to a more marked climatic warming during the vegetative season in Burgundy resulting in the implantation of Diptera of the genus Oestrus sp. in this region.

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