Not all maggots are created equal; not all maggots are therapeutic-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Not all maggots are created equal; not all maggots are therapeutic

Published:2024-07 Issue:7 Volume:12 Page:
ISSN:2050-0904
Container-title:Clinical Case Reports
language:en
Short-container-title:Clinical Case Reports

Author:

Sherman Ronald A.¹^ORCID,Nguyen Albert¹,Dastpak Vahab²,Fonseca‐Muñoz Alicia³^ORCID,Parizad Naser⁴^ORCID,Siavash Mansour⁵^ORCID,Yusuf Mustapha Ahmed⁶^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. BioTherapeutics, Education and Research (BTER) Foundation Irvine California USA

2. Faculty Member of Joundishapour Medical Science University of Ahwaz Health Technology Park and Pharmaceutical Technology Development Center Ahvaz Khuzestan Province Iran

3. Facultad de Sistemas Biológicos e Innovación Tecnológica Universidad Autónoma “Benito Juarez” de Oaxaca Oaxaca Mexico

4. Patient Safety Research Center Clinical Research Institute, Urmia University of Medical Sciences Urmia Iran

5. Isfahan Endocrine and Metabolism research center Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Isfahan Iran

6. Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology/Department of Microbiology Bayero University, Kano/Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Kano Nigeria

Abstract

Key Clinical MessageMaggots in a wound (“myiasis”) cannot be considered maggot therapy (therapeutic myiasis) unless, at a minimum, the species is known to be safe and effective, and the maggots have been properly disinfected. Documenting treatment details is critical and allows us to determine the cause of problems, if they arise.

Publisher

Wiley

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ccr3.9163

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