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      A Case of Oral Myiasis Caused by Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in Korea

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          Abstract

          We report here a case of oral myiasis in the Republic of Korea. The patient was a 37-year-old man with a 30-year history of Becker's muscular dystrophy. He was intubated due to dyspnea 8 days prior to admission to an intensive care unit (ICU). A few hours after the ICU admission, 43 fly larvae were found during suction of the oral cavity. All maggots were identified as the third instars of Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) by morphology. We discussed on the characteristics of myiasis acquired in Korea, including the infection risk and predisposing factors.

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          Journal
          Korean J Parasitol
          Korean J. Parasitol
          KJP
          The Korean Journal of Parasitology
          The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine
          0023-4001
          1738-0006
          February 2013
          18 February 2013
          : 51
          : 1
          : 119-123
          Affiliations
          [1 ]Department of Internal Medicine, Busan St. Mary's Medical Center, Busan 538-41, Korea.
          [2 ]Department of Parasitology and Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju 660-751, Korea.
          [3 ]Department of Parasitology and genetics, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan 602-703, Korea.
          Author notes
          Corresponding author ( sunnyock@ 123456kosin.ac.kr )
          Article
          10.3347/kjp.2013.51.1.119
          3587740
          23467858
          8fed5079-0f95-4139-af3e-672381cc2390
          © 2013, Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine

          This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

          History
          : 03 July 2012
          : 16 August 2012
          : 22 August 2012
          Categories
          Case Report

          Parasitology
          lucilia sericata,oral myiasis,predisposing factor,nosocomial infection
          Parasitology
          lucilia sericata, oral myiasis, predisposing factor, nosocomial infection

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