Elena C. Visciarelli, Susana H García, Cristina Salomón, Claudio Jofré, Sixto Costamagna
Un paciente, adulto, masculino, presentaba al momento de la consulta una severa infestación por Pediculus humanus capitis y una lesión en la cabeza de donde emergían larvas. El material extraído de la herida del paciente correspondió a Cochliomyia hominivorax. En este caso clínico, las lesiones producidas por el rascado del propio paciente permitieron atraer moscas C. hominivorax las que depositaron sus huevos en ellas de donde eclosionaron sus larvas que ocasionaron la miasis cutánea.
The aim of the present investigation was to identify the fly producing myiasis in a patient with pediculosis. The patient was a male adult with a severe Pediculus humanus capitis' infestation and a lesion on his head containing larvae. Examination of these larvae revealed that they were Cochliomyia hominivorax. In this clinical case, the post-scratch lesions were infected with C. hominivorax' s larvae. It is the first time that the myiasis-pediculosis association has been mentioned in the literature
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