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Akhoundi M, Mathieu A, Hannachi W, Nasrallah J, Quezel G, Blaizot R, Blanchet D, Ben Romdhane H, Epelboin L, Izri A. Morphological and Molecular Characterizations of Cochliomyia hominivorax (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Larvae Responsible for Wound Myiasis in French Guiana. Diagnostics (Basel) 2023; 13:2575. [PMID: 37568937 PMCID: PMC10416906 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics13152575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Revised: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
Abstract
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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Affiliation(s)
- Mohammad Akhoundi
- Parasitology-Mycology Department, Avicenne Hospital, AP-HP, Sorbonne Paris Nord University, 93000 Bobigny, France
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- Groupe d’Étude et de Protection des Oiseaux en Guyane, Rémire-Montjoly 97354, French Guiana
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- ENT Department, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne 97306, French Guiana
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- Parasitology-Mycology Department, Avicenne Hospital, AP-HP, Sorbonne Paris Nord University, 93000 Bobigny, France
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- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne 97306, French Guiana
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- Department of Dermatology, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne 97306, French Guiana
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- Parasitology Mycology Universitary Laboratory, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne 97306, French Guiana
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- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne 97306, French Guiana
- Centre d’Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane CIC Inserm 1424, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne 97306, French Guiana
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- Parasitology-Mycology Department, Avicenne Hospital, AP-HP, Sorbonne Paris Nord University, 93000 Bobigny, France
- Unité des Virus Émergents (UVE: Aix-Marseille Université-IRD 190-Inserm 1207-IHU Méditerranée Infection), 13005 Marseille, France
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