Case report
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2023 |
Month :
April
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Volume :
12 |
Issue :
2 |
Page :
MC01 - MC02 |
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Urinary Myiasis in a Child Caused by Psychoda Species- A Rare Case
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M Ravish Kumar, Sandeep Harshangi, Parandekar Prashant
1. Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Esic Medical College, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India.
2. Professor, Department of Paediatrics, GIMS, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India.
3. Professor, Department of Microbiology, Esic Medical College, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India.
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Correspondence
Address :
M Ravish Kumar, Sandeep Harshangi, Parandekar Prashant,
M Ravish Kumar,
Department of Microbiology, ESIC Medical College, Gulbarga-585106, Karnataka, India.
E-mail: drravish@rocketmail.com
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| | | ABSTRACT |  | | : Human myiasis is infestation of human living tissue with dipterous larvae. Urinary myiasis is quite rare, because the fly has to bypass the clothing/reach the inaccesable site (genitals) to lay egg, larva has to hatch and migrate to urinary bladder. It may occur in immunocompromised individuals and in people who maintain poor personal hygiene. Authors hereby, present a case of 10-year-old female child with complaints of passing of small worm like structures in urine for one month. The structure of worm was examined macroscopically and microscopically, and was identified as larvae of Psychoda species. She was started with tablet ivermectin and passage of worms was stopped. The present study highlighted the importance of awareness of clinicians about urinary myiasis condition as well as its management. Maintenance of good personal hygiene is important in prevention of such infestation. |
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| Keywords
: Antihelminthic agents, Larva, Worm |
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| DOI and Others
: DOI: 10.7860/NJLM/2023/59839.2708
Date of Submission: Aug 24, 2022
Date of Peer Review: Sep 17, 2022
Date of Acceptance: Oct 22, 2022
Date of Publishing: Apr 01, 2023
AUTHOR DECLARATION:
• Financial or Other Competing Interests: None
• Was informed consent obtained from the subjects involved in the study? Yes
• For any images presented appropriate consent has been obtained from the subjects. No
PLAGIARISM CHECKING METHODS:
• Plagiarism X-checker: Sep 03, 2022
• Manual Googling: Oct 06, 2022
• iThenticate Software: Oct 20, 2022 (6%)
ETYMOLOGY: Author Origin |
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