Diagnostics (Aug 2023)

Morphological and Molecular Characterizations of <i>Cochliomyia hominivorax</i> (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Larvae Responsible for Wound Myiasis in French Guiana

  • Mohammad Akhoundi,
  • Alexandre Mathieu,
  • Wajih Hannachi,
  • Jade Nasrallah,
  • Guillaume Quezel,
  • Romain Blaizot,
  • Denis Blanchet,
  • Habib Ben Romdhane,
  • Loïc Epelboin,
  • Arezki Izri

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13152575
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 15
p. 2575

Abstract

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Myiasis is an ectoparasitic infection caused by the larvae of true flies (Diptera). We came across a rather rare case of myiasis in an immunocompetent 34-year-old man from French Guiana with advanced wound myiasis masquerading as cavitary myiasis and a history of cholesteatoma surgery in the left ear. The Diptera larvae responsible for the disease were isolated and identified using morphological and molecular approaches as Cochliomyia hominivorax. We underline the importance of this parasitosis as the second case of myiasis caused by C. hominivorax and the first case of wound myiasis in this overseas department of France and its incidence in pre-urban areas of the capital, Cayenne, in South America.

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