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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 225-228 |
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First case report of human myiasis with Sarcophaga species in Makkah city in the wound of a diabetic patient
Dina Abdulla Muhammad Zaglool1, Khaled Tayeb2, Yousif Abdul Wahid Khodari3, Mian Usman Farooq4
1 Department of Parasitology, Assuit University, Assuit, Egypt
2 Diabetic Centre, Alnoor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
3 Laboratory and Blood Bank, Alnoor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
4 Department of Planning and Development, Directorate General of Health Affairs Makkah Region, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence Address:
Mian Usman Farooq
Department of Planning and Development, Directorate General of Health Affairs Makkah Region, Makkah, P.O. Box 02-55476302
Saudi Arabia
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DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.107301
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We have reported a case of a 40-year-old male diabetic patient, resident of a rural area, who visited the outpatient clinic of the diabetic center in Alnoor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. He came to seek medical advice for a single wound in the back of the shoulder since 1 month. After examination, a larva was eliminated and sent to laboratory for confirmation. It was confirmed as the third-stage larva of Sarcophaga species after macroscopic and microscopic examination. This is the first case of a patient having diabetic wound myiasis with the larva of Sarcophaga species reported in the Makkah region of Saudi Arabia. |
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