Oral myiasis due to Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) on a patient suffering from cerebral contusion in an intensive care unit (ICU) of a general hospital
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Accession number;05A0981359
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| Title;Oral myiasis due to Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) on a patient suffering from cerebral contusion in an intensive care unit (ICU) of a general hospital |
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CHIGUSA YUICHI
(Dokkyo Univ. School Of Medicine, Tochigi, Jpn)
NEMOT0 MASATO
(Dokkyo Univ. School Of Medicine, Tochigi, Jpn)
KIRINOKI MASASHI
(Dokkyo Univ. School Of Medicine, Tochigi, Jpn)
MATSUDA HAJIME
(Dokkyo Univ. School Of Medicine, Tochigi, Jpn)
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Journal Title;Medical Entomology and Zoology
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Journal Code:Z0441B
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ISSN:0424-7086
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VOL.56;NO.3;PAGE.251-255(2005)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;REF.27 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;English |
| Abstract;In July 5, 2004, a 59-year-old man who suffered head contusion in a fall accident was admitted to a general hospital. Computed tomography revealed intracranial left temporal to occipital hemorrhage and bilateral frontal lobe contusion. Then he was admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) at 9:55 p.m., July 5. In the morning of July 9, the attending surgeon found some 50 maggots with body length of 10mm from his oral cavity (mainly in his pharynx and larynx). The maggots were identified as the 3rd-instar larvae oiLucilia sericata. The duration between admission to ICU and the discovery of 10mm long L. sericata larvae was three and a half days. Therefore, there was room for discussion whether deposition of eggs by this causative fly was inside or outside ICU. (author abst.) |
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