Search Results -- Tumbu Fly
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Record 1 from database: MEDLINE
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- Title
- Cutaneous myiasis caused by tumbu fly larvae, Cordylobia anthropophaga in
southwestern Saudi Arabia.
- Author
- Omar MS; Abdalla RE
- Address
- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine,
King Saud University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
- Source
- Trop Med Parasitol, 1992 Jun, 43:2, 128-9
- Abstract
- Seven cases of human cutaneous myiasis caused by maggots of the tumbu fly,
Cordylobia anthropophaga are reported from Asir region, southwestern Saudi
Arabia. Boil-like swellings infested with individual fly larvae, varied from
one to four and occurred in both unprotected and usually protected areas of
the skin. Twenty five fly maggots were retrieved from separate furunculoid
lesions on the body surface of a massive case of a 4-year old boy. The
present observations confirm that this calliphorine species is not
restricted to tropical Africa.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 92390662
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Diptera|*; Myiasis|EP/*PS; Skin Diseases, Parasitic|EP/*PS
- MeSH Heading
- Adolescence; Adult; Age Factors; Animal; Child; Child, Preschool; Female;
Human; Infant; Larva; Male; Saudi Arabia|EP
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0177-2392
- Country of Publication
- GERMANY
Record 2 from database: MEDLINE
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- Title
- Cutaneous myiasis caused by the African tumbu fly (Cordylobia
anthropophaga).
- Author
- Ockenhouse CF; Samlaska CP; Benson PM; Roberts LW; Eliasson A; Malane S;
Menich MD
- Address
- Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center Washington, DC.
- Source
- Arch Dermatol, 1990 Feb, 126:2, 199-202
- Abstract
- We describe a patient with cutaneous myiasis caused by the African tumbu
fly (Cordylobia anthropophaga). This case demonstrates the need for a
detailed travel history and an understanding of the fly life cycle to
prevent erroneous diagnosis and to expedite prompt treatment. The nature of
the lesions, larval morphological features, histological characteristics,
and immune response directed toward fly maggots are described.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 90146391
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Myiasis|*/PA; Skin Diseases, Parasitic|*/PA
- MeSH Heading
- Abdomen|PA; Adult; Animal; Case Report; Diptera; Human; Larva; Male
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0003-987X
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
Record 3 from database: MEDLINE
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- Title
- Cutaneous myiasis due to Tumbu fly.
- Author
- James AS; Stevenson J
- Address
- Accident and Emergency Department, Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow.
- Source
- Arch Emerg Med, 1992 Mar, 9:1, 58-61
- Abstract
- A case of cutaneous myiasis due to larvae of the Tumbu fly Cordylobia
anthropophaga is reported. The clinical presentation, treatment and
prevention of this infestation is described.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 92232098
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Diptera|*; Myiasis|*PS/TH; Skin Diseases, Parasitic|*PS/TH
- MeSH Heading
- Adult; Animal; Case Report; Human; Larva; Male
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0264-4924
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
Record 4 from database: MEDLINE
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- Title
- Cutaneous myiasis due to tumbu-fly, Cordylobia anthropophaga in Ilorin,
Kwara State, Nigeria.
- Author
- Edungbola LD
- Address
-
- Source
- Acta Trop, 1982 Dec, 39:4, 355-62
- Abstract
- The occurrence and public health significance of cutaneous myiasis were
investigated in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria between June and September,
1981. The findings indicated that human myiasis caused by the maggot of
African tumbu-fly, Cordylobia anthropophaga was relatively common and
constituted potential public health problems in the affected parts of the
state capital. The importance of animal myiasis due to larvae of sheep
bot-fly, Oesteris ovis and the cattle grubs, Hypoderma bovis, was assessed
and discussed.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 83149447
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Myiasis|*EP/VE
- MeSH Heading
- Adolescence; Adult; Animal; Animal Diseases|EP; Cattle; Cattle Diseases|EP;
Child; Child, Preschool; Dog Diseases|EP; Dogs; Female; Goats; Human;
Infant; Male; Nigeria; Sheep; Sheep Diseases|EP
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0001-706X
- Country of Publication
- SWITZERLAND
Record 5 from database: MEDLINE
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- Title
- Myiasis due to Cordylobia anthropophaga in Zambia.
- Author
- Hira PR
- Address
-
- Source
- Tropenmed Parasitol, 1976 Mar, 27:1, 30-2
- Abstract
- Dermal or subdermal myiasis due to larvae of the African tumbu fly
Cordylobia anthropophaga is described from Zambia for the first time.
Differential diagnosis from the closely allied C. rodhaini is considered. A
patient presenting with the lesion on the penis is described. Multiple
infection with different developmental stages is discussed in relation to
multiple exposure or immunity. Many cases of myiasis may not reach the
attention of medical personnel because of the tendency of the mature larvae
to migrate out of the lesion which subsequently heals; traditional healers,
to whom the condition has been known for long, also successfully extract the
larvae.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 76155150
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Myiasis|*DI
- MeSH Heading
- Adolescence; Adult; Case Report; Child, Preschool; Human; Male; Middle
Age; Penile Diseases|DI; Thorax
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- Country of Publication
- GERMANY, WEST
Record 6 from database: MEDLINE
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- Title
- Cutaneous myiasis: review of 13 cases in travelers returning from tropical
countries.
- Author
- Jelinek T; Nothdurft HD; Rieder N; Löscher T
- Address
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, University of
Munich, Germany.
- Source
- Int J Dermatol, 1995 Sep, 34:9, 624-6
- Abstract
- BACKGROUND. Cutaneous myiasis is frequently reported in patients from
tropical countries. Most commonly infestation is due to Cordylobia
anthropophaga and Dermatobia hominis, whereas Hypoderma lineatum is less
likely to affect humans. METHODS. The clinical and parasitologic aspects in
a series of 13 patients with cutaneous myiasis seen in a German travel
clinic are reviewed. RESULTS. Six patients were infected with larvae of the
tumbu fly, Cordylobia anthropophaga, six with larvae of the botfly,
Dermatobia hominis, and one patient presented with an infection with
Hypoderma lineatum. Dermatobia hominis was exclusively acquired in the
American tropics and Cordylobia anthropophaga exclusively in Africa, whereas
infection with Hypoderma lineatum was acquired in Nepal. The number of
larvae removed from the skin was markedly higher in patients infected with
the tumbu fly (average of five larvae) compared to the botfly (average of
1.7 larvae), whereas pain was more frequently reported from patients with
botfly infestation. Treatment consisted in the removal of the larvae by
forceps or surgical incision in tumbu or botfly infection and oral
application of ivermectin in infection with Hypoderma lineatum. This led to
complete recovery in all patients. CONCLUSIONS. In patients presenting with
cutaneous lesions after return from tropical countries, myiasis has to be
considered as a differential diagnosis. Simple and effective therapy is
available through removal of the maggots.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 96073042
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Myiasis|*/PS; Skin Diseases, Parasitic|*/PS; Travel|*; Tropical Climate|*
- MeSH Heading
- Adult; Africa; Aged; Central America; Female; Human; Male; Middle Age;
South America
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0011-9059
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
Record 7 from database: MEDLINE
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- Title
- Myiasis due to Cardylobia anthropophaga, the 'Tumbu fly' in a Sri Lankan
infant.
- Author
- Edirisinghe JS; Rajapakse C
- Address
- Department of Parasitology, University of Peradeniya.
- Source
- Ceylon Med J, 1991 Sep, 36:3, 112-5
- Abstract
- A case of myiasis due to Cardylobia anthropophaga (Blanchard) (Diptera:
Calliphoridae), the 'Tumbu fly', is reported for the first time in Sri
Lanka, in a 10 month old infant. The infection was acquired in Zimbabwe. The
child had appeared 'unwell' for nearly a week before the detection of the
skin lesions. The main clinical features were irritability, restlessness and
the appearance of three small lumps on the scalp behind the right ear.
Identification of the fly larva and the management of myiasis are discussed.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 92035131
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Myiasis|*PS/TH; Scalp Dermatoses|*PS/TH
- MeSH Heading
- Animal; Case Report; Human; Infant; Larva|IP; Sri Lanka
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0009-0875
- Country of Publication
- SRI LANKA
Record 8 from database: MEDLINE
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- Title
- Cutaneous myiasis caused by larvae of Cordylobia anthropophaga
(Blanchard).
- Author
- Veraldi S; Brusasco A; Süss L
- Address
- I Dermatology Clinic, University of Milan, IRCCS, Ospedale Maggiore di
Milano, Italy.
- Source
- Int J Dermatol, 1993 Mar, 32:3, 184-7
- Abstract
- BACKGROUND. Cordylobia anthropophaga (Blanchard) is a nonhematophagous
dipteron belonging to the Calliphoridae family. It produces a myiasis called
"tumbu fly" or "ver de Cayor" or "mango fly"
or "skin maggot fly". CASE REPORTS. We describe two women, 24 and
23 years of age, affected by cutaneous myiasis caused by the larva of
Cordylobia anthropophaga. In both cases the myiasis was contracted in
Senegal and was characterized by a single lesion localized to the flank and
the thigh respectively. From each of these lesions a single larva was
extracted. DISCUSSION. This myiasis represents a typical example of tropical
disease that in the past was unknown to Western dermatologists.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 93186292
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Myiasis|*/DI/PA/TH
- MeSH Heading
- Adult; Case Report; Female; Human; Skin|PA
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0011-9059
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
Record 9 from database: MEDLINE
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- Title
- Cutaneous myiasis caused by larvae of Cordylobia anthropophaga
(Blanchard).
- Author
- Veraldi S; Brusasco A; Süss L
- Address
- I Dermatology Clinic, University of Milan, IRCCS, Ospedale Maggiore di
Milano, Italy.
- Source
- Int J Dermatol, 1993 Mar, 32:3, 184-7
- Abstract
- BACKGROUND. Cordylobia anthropophaga (Blanchard) is a nonhematophagous
dipteron belonging to the Calliphoridae family. It produces a myiasis called
"tumbu fly" or "ver de Cayor" or "mango fly"
or "skin maggot fly". CASE REPORTS. We describe two women, 24 and
23 years of age, affected by cutaneous myiasis caused by the larva of
Cordylobia anthropophaga. In both cases the myiasis was contracted in
Senegal and was characterized by a single lesion localized to the flank and
the thigh respectively. From each of these lesions a single larva was
extracted. DISCUSSION. This myiasis represents a typical example of tropical
disease that in the past was unknown to Western dermatologists.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 93186292
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Myiasis|*/DI/PA/TH
- MeSH Heading
- Adult; Case Report; Female; Human; Skin|PA
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0011-9059
- Country of Publication
- UNITED STATES
Record 10 from database: MEDLINE
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- Title
- Troublesome myiasis complicated by peri-nephric abscess.
- Author
- Gibbs S
- Address
- Murgwanza Hospital, Kagera, Tanzania.
- Source
- Clin Exp Dermatol, 1995 May, 20:3, 242-3
- Abstract
- A normally fit European resident of East Africa developed a staphylococcal
peri-nephric abscess following repeated episodes of furuncular myiasis
caused by the tumbu fly, Cordylobia anthropophaga. A few lesions had
required surgical intervention and one, presumably the source of sepsis, had
become infected. There are very few descriptions in the literature of
serious complications of myiasis and this is the first report of
peri-nephric abscess from this source. This paper discusses the management
of the myiasis and what factors determine the variation in host
susceptibility and immune response to the infestation.
- Language of Publication
- English
- Unique Identifier
- 95401399
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- MeSH Heading (Major)
- Abdominal Abscess|*CO; Myiasis|*CO; Staphylococcal Infections|*CO
- MeSH Heading
- Adult; Case Report; Disease Susceptibility; Human; Male
- Publication Type
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
- ISSN
- 0307-6938
- Country of Publication
- ENGLAND
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