ABSTRACT
La miasis maxilar es un raro padecimiento tropical y endémico de varias zonas del mundo, propio de algunos mamíferos, y el hombre no es la excepción. A continuación presentamos el primer reporte de miasis de este tipo en Ecuador, caracterizamos una masiva invasión larvaria y analizamos casos similares reportados en la literatura médica (AU)
Maxillary myiasis is a rare tropical disease, it is endemic in several areas around the world, and common of some mammals, although humans are not excluded. The first case of maxillary myiasis in Ecuador is presented, as well as a description of the massive larval invasion. Similar cases reported in the medical literature are also reviewed (AU)
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Humans , Female , Adolescent , Myiasis/complications , Myiasis/diagnosis , Myiasis/surgery , Screw Worm Infection/complications , Screw Worm Infection/physiopathology , Screw Worm Infection/therapy , Lidocaine/therapeutic use , Epinephrine/therapeutic use , Myiasis/drug therapy , Myiasis/physiopathology , Brain Damage, Chronic/complications , Brain Damage, Chronic/physiopathology , Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination/therapeutic use , Anesthesia, General/methods , Intubation, Intratracheal/methods , Risk FactorsSubject(s)
Nose/parasitology , Screw Worm Infection/diagnosis , Aged , Animals , Diptera , Epistaxis/etiology , Humans , Male , Screw Worm Infection/complications , Sinusitis/etiologySubject(s)
Disasters , Earthquakes , Facial Injuries/parasitology , Lacerations/parasitology , Screw Worm Infection/complications , Wound Infection/therapy , Adolescent , Child , Facial Injuries/complications , Female , Haiti , Humans , Male , Pseudomonas Infections/complications , Pseudomonas aeruginosa , Screw Worm Infection/therapy , Wound Infection/complicationsABSTRACT
Condição mórbida causada por ectoparasitos - larvas de vetores dípteros. Podem ser classificados, de acordo com a natureza do agente etiológico, em específicas, semi-específicas e acidentes ou, ainda, em miíase cutânea ou cavitária. O diagnóstico é estabelecido em bases clínicas. O tratamento consiste na remoção mecânica de cada uma das larvas ou no oclusão do óstio de entrada da lesão, a fim de sufocar o parasito. O artigo objetiva a revisão de aspectos relevantes, correlacionados com a parasitose
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Humans , Screw Worm Infection/complications , Screw Worm Infection/physiopathology , Screw Worm Infection/transmission , Myiasis/etiology , Myiasis/physiopathology , Myiasis/therapy , Ivermectin , Larva , VirulenceABSTRACT
Se informa de un caso de miasis aural en un niño de nueve años, producida por Cochliomyia hominivorax. La infestación tuvo lugar como consecuencia de una otitis crónica supurativa. El paciente tuvo pérdida del tímpano y perforación del hueso temporal
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Humans , Male , Child , Diptera/pathogenicity , Screw Worm Infection/diagnosis , Costa Rica , Diptera/growth & development , Otitis Media, Suppurative/complications , Tympanic Membrane Perforation/etiology , Screw Worm Infection/complications , Screw Worm Infection/etiology , Screw Worm Infection/parasitologyABSTRACT
This paper reviews studies carried out by an FAO project in Zimbabwe, on the effects of the ticks Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and Amblyomma hebraeum on the productivity of cattle. Larvae and nymphs of the two species had no detectable effect on liveweight gain (LWG). The losses in LWG caused by each adult female that completed feeding were approximately 4 g for R. appendiculatus and 10 g for A. hebraeum. Losses in milk production caused by both species amounted to approximately 7 g for every female that engorged. The loss in productivity per engorged female, known as the damage coefficient, can be used in simulation models to estimate the value of production losses caused by the ticks and the economic benefits of control strategies.