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Human Nasal Myiasis Caused byOestrus ovisin the Highlands of Cusco, Peru: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

Published:2016 Issue: Volume:2016 Page:1-4
ISSN:2090-6625
Container-title:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
language:en
Short-container-title:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases

Author:

Hoyer P.¹^ORCID,Williams R. R.¹^ORCID,Lopez M.²,Cabada M. M.²³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA

2. Tropical Medicine Institute, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Cusco Branch, Cusco, Peru

3. Infectious Disease Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA

Abstract

Myiasis is the infestation by dipterous larvae. The larvae can infect intact or decaying tissue including the skin or epithelial surfaces of the orbits, nose, and genitourinary and gastrointestinal tracts. We report a case of primary obligatory nasal myiasis byOestrus ovisin a 56-year-old man from Cusco in Peru. He presented with nasal pruritus, congestion, and sneezing white “cottony” material. The material was identified asO. ovislarvae. A literature review of publications reporting nasal myiasis caused byO. ovisis presented.

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Subject

General Medicine

Link

http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/criid/2016/2456735.pdf

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