Intestinal Myiasis in a Malaysian Patient Caused by Larvae of Clogmia albipunctatus (Diptera: Psychodidae).

نویسندگان

  • Aida Syafinaz Mokhtar
  • Kamil Ali Obeid Braima
  • How Peng Chin
  • John Jeffery
  • Siti Nursheena Mohd Zain
  • Mahmud Rohela
  • Yee Ling Lau
  • Ibrahim Jamaiah
  • John-James Wilson
  • Noraishah Mydin Abdul-Aziz
چکیده

We report a case of human intestinal myiasis in a 41-yr-old female patient presented at a clinic in Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia. Larvae passed out in the patient's feces were sent to the Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. DNA barcoding confirmed the second case of intestinal myiasis in Malaysia involving the larvae of Clogmia albipunctatus (Duckhouse) (Diptera: Psychodidae). We review reported cases of myiasis and discuss the present case of intestinal myiasis in an urban patient.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of medical entomology

دوره 53 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016