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Hall M, Wall R, 1995. Myiasis of humans and domestic animals. Adv Parasitol 35 :257–334.
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Hira PR, Hajj B, Al-Ali F, Hall MJ, 1993. Ophthalmomyiasis in Kuwait: first report of infections due to the larvae of Oestrus ovis before and after the Gulf War. J Trop Med Hyg 96 :241–244.
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Hira PR, Hall MJR, Hajj B, Al-Ali F, Farooq R, Muzairai IA, 1997. Human myiasis in Kuwait due to Oestrus ovis, Psychoda species and Megaselia species. Med Prin Pract 6 :129–136.
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Erzinçlioglu YZ, 1989. The early instars of Lucilia sericata and Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphridae); myiasis blowflies of Africa and Australia. J Nat Hist 23 :1133–1136.
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Houty W, 1989. Insect Fauna of Kuwait. Kuwaity City, Kuwait: Fahad Al-Marzouk Printing and Publishing Establishment.
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Disney RHL, 1991. The aquatic Phoridae (Diptera). Entomol Scand 22 :171–191.
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Hall MJR, 1995. Trapping the flies that cause myiasis: their responses to host-stimuli. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 89 :333–337.
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Wall R, French N, Morgan KL, 1992. Effects of temperature on the development and abundance of the sheep blowfly Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Bull Entomol Res 82 :125–131.
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Greenberg B, 1984. Two cases of human myiasis caused by Phaenicia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in Chicago area hospitals. J Med Entomol 21 :615.
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Simmers L, 1988. Diversified Health Occupations. Second edition. Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers, 150–151.
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Smith DR, Clevenger RR, 1986. Nosocomial nasal myiasis. Arch Pathol Lab Med 110 :439–440.
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Amitay M, Efrat M, McGarry JW, Shinwell ES, 1998. Nosocomial myiasis in an extremely premature infant caused by the sheep blowfly Lucilia sericata.Pediatr Infect Dis J 17 :1056–1057.
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Daniel M, Srámová H, Zálabská E, 1994. Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae), causing hospital-acquired myiasis in a traumatic wound. J Hosp Infect 28 :149–152.
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Minár J, Herold J, Elisková J, 1995. Nozokomiálni myiáze ve stredni Evrope. Epidemiol Mikrobiol Immunol 44 :81–83.
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Sherman RA, Hall MJR, Thomas S, 2000. Medicinal maggots: an ancient remedy for some contemporary afflictions. Annu Rev Entomol 45 :55–81.
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Amoudi MA, Diab FM, Abou-Fannah SSM, 1989. The occurrence of Megaselia scalaris (Loew) (Diptera: Phoridae) in Saudi Arabia with some aspects on the life history and distribution in Riyadh Province. J King Saud Univ Sci 1–2 :43–51.
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Austen EE, 1910. Some dipterous insects which cause myiasis in man. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 3 :215–242.
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Hardy DE, 1951. A case of apparent human myiasis. Proc Hawaiian Entomol Soc 14 :212–213.
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Abram LJ, Froimson AI, 1987. Myiasis (maggot infection) as a complication of fracture management: case report and review of the literature. Orthopedics 10 :625–627.
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MYIASIS IN KUWAIT: NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS CAUSED BY LUCILIA SERICATA AND MEGASELIA SCALARIS
PARSOTAM R. HIRA
PARSOTAM R. HIRA
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Department of Surgery, Infection Control Department, and Intensive Care Unit, Mubarak Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Microbiology Laboratories, Farwania Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Department of Zoology, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Entomology Department, The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
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REEM M. ASSAD
REEM M. ASSAD
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Department of Surgery, Infection Control Department, and Intensive Care Unit, Mubarak Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Microbiology Laboratories, Farwania Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Department of Zoology, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Entomology Department, The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
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GHUFRAN OKASHA
GHUFRAN OKASHA
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Department of Surgery, Infection Control Department, and Intensive Care Unit, Mubarak Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Microbiology Laboratories, Farwania Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Department of Zoology, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Entomology Department, The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
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FAIZA M. AL-ALI
FAIZA M. AL-ALI
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Department of Surgery, Infection Control Department, and Intensive Care Unit, Mubarak Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Microbiology Laboratories, Farwania Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Department of Zoology, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Entomology Department, The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
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JAMSHAID IQBAL
JAMSHAID IQBAL
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Department of Surgery, Infection Control Department, and Intensive Care Unit, Mubarak Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Microbiology Laboratories, Farwania Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Department of Zoology, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Entomology Department, The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
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KAMAL E. H. MUTAWALI
KAMAL E. H. MUTAWALI
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Department of Surgery, Infection Control Department, and Intensive Care Unit, Mubarak Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Microbiology Laboratories, Farwania Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Department of Zoology, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Entomology Department, The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
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R. HENRY L. DISNEY
R. HENRY L. DISNEY
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Department of Surgery, Infection Control Department, and Intensive Care Unit, Mubarak Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Microbiology Laboratories, Farwania Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Department of Zoology, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Entomology Department, The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
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MARTIN J. R. HALL
MARTIN J. R. HALL
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Department of Surgery, Infection Control Department, and Intensive Care Unit, Mubarak Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Microbiology Laboratories, Farwania Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Department of Zoology, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Entomology Department, The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
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Myiasis, the invasion of live human tissue by larvae of Diptera, is reported in the nasopharynx and a leg wound in two patients who were hospitalized for more than 72 hours in Mubarak Al-Kabeer Teaching Hospital in Kuwait City, Kuwait. On the fourth and fifth days after a 10-year-old Kuwaiti boy was admitted to the hospital intensive care unit in a bloodied and comatose state following a traffic accident, ‘worms’ that came out of his nostrils were fixed, cleared, and identified as second and third instar of Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae). After 14 days, ‘worms’ were seen in the original dressing of a 35-year-old Iranian man admitted to the Orthopedic Unit of the hospital with multiple lacerations and fractures. The larvae, in various stages of development, were identified as those of Megaselia scalaris (Diptera: Phoridae). Since the presence of larvae in both patients was recorded after a stay of at least 3–4 days in the hospital, by definition, these infestations are considered nosocomial.
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Hall M, Wall R, 1995. Myiasis of humans and domestic animals. Adv Parasitol 35 :257–334.
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2
Hira PR, Hajj B, Al-Ali F, Hall MJ, 1993. Ophthalmomyiasis in Kuwait: first report of infections due to the larvae of Oestrus ovis before and after the Gulf War. J Trop Med Hyg 96 :241–244.
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Hira PR, Hall MJR, Hajj B, Al-Ali F, Farooq R, Muzairai IA, 1997. Human myiasis in Kuwait due to Oestrus ovis, Psychoda species and Megaselia species. Med Prin Pract 6 :129–136.
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4
Erzinçlioglu YZ, 1989. The early instars of Lucilia sericata and Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphridae); myiasis blowflies of Africa and Australia. J Nat Hist 23 :1133–1136.
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5
Houty W, 1989. Insect Fauna of Kuwait. Kuwaity City, Kuwait: Fahad Al-Marzouk Printing and Publishing Establishment.
-
6
Disney RHL, 1991. The aquatic Phoridae (Diptera). Entomol Scand 22 :171–191.
-
7
Hall MJR, 1995. Trapping the flies that cause myiasis: their responses to host-stimuli. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 89 :333–337.
-
8
Wall R, French N, Morgan KL, 1992. Effects of temperature on the development and abundance of the sheep blowfly Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Bull Entomol Res 82 :125–131.
-
9
Greenberg B, 1984. Two cases of human myiasis caused by Phaenicia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in Chicago area hospitals. J Med Entomol 21 :615.
-
10
Simmers L, 1988. Diversified Health Occupations. Second edition. Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers, 150–151.
-
11
Smith DR, Clevenger RR, 1986. Nosocomial nasal myiasis. Arch Pathol Lab Med 110 :439–440.
-
12
Amitay M, Efrat M, McGarry JW, Shinwell ES, 1998. Nosocomial myiasis in an extremely premature infant caused by the sheep blowfly Lucilia sericata.Pediatr Infect Dis J 17 :1056–1057.
-
13
Daniel M, Srámová H, Zálabská E, 1994. Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae), causing hospital-acquired myiasis in a traumatic wound. J Hosp Infect 28 :149–152.
-
14
Minár J, Herold J, Elisková J, 1995. Nozokomiálni myiáze ve stredni Evrope. Epidemiol Mikrobiol Immunol 44 :81–83.
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15
Sherman RA, Hall MJR, Thomas S, 2000. Medicinal maggots: an ancient remedy for some contemporary afflictions. Annu Rev Entomol 45 :55–81.
-
16
Amoudi MA, Diab FM, Abou-Fannah SSM, 1989. The occurrence of Megaselia scalaris (Loew) (Diptera: Phoridae) in Saudi Arabia with some aspects on the life history and distribution in Riyadh Province. J King Saud Univ Sci 1–2 :43–51.
-
18
Austen EE, 1910. Some dipterous insects which cause myiasis in man. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 3 :215–242.
-
19
Hardy DE, 1951. A case of apparent human myiasis. Proc Hawaiian Entomol Soc 14 :212–213.
-
20
Abram LJ, Froimson AI, 1987. Myiasis (maggot infection) as a complication of fracture management: case report and review of the literature. Orthopedics 10 :625–627.
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