Accidental intestinal myiasis caused by genus Sarcophaga

A Das; A Pandey; M Madan; AK Asthana; A Gautam

doi:10.4103/0255-0857.62503

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Year : 2010 | Volume : 28 | Issue : 2 | Page : 176-178

Accidental intestinal myiasis caused by genus Sarcophaga

A Das¹, A Pandey¹, M Madan¹, AK Asthana¹, A Gautam²
¹ Department of Microbiology, Subharti Medical College, Meerut, India
² Department of Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut, India

Correspondence Address:
A Pandey
Department of Microbiology, Subharti Medical College, Meerut
India

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DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.62503

Myiasis of different organs has been reported off and on from various regions in the world. We report a human case of intestinal myiasis caused by larvae of Sarcophaga. A 25 - year - old male presented with symptom of passage of live worms in stool. Following diagnosis and treatment the patient improved completely with cessation of maggots in stool.

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