Enteral myiasis causing acute dysentery: A case report
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2021
Abstract
Enteral myiasis or intestinal myiasis is acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated with dipteran fly eggs or larvae. Here, we describe a patient with intestinal myiasis presenting with acute dysentery caused by the larva of Hermetia illucens. The larva was identified morphologically, and its species confirmed through molecular analysis using polymerase chain reaction and sequencing based on mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene (COI).
Keywords
Intestinal myiasis, Dysentery, Hermetia illucens, Black soldier fly
Publication Title
Tropical Biomedicine
DOI
10.47665/tb.38.1.024
Recommended Citation
Amir, Amirah; Lai, Meng Yee; Sarip, Farikha.; Omar, Hanita; Ismail, Wan W. H.; Grover, C. S.; Lau, Yee Ling; Mahmud, Rohela; and Universiti Malaya, "Enteral myiasis causing acute dysentery: A case report" (2021). Research Publications (2021 to 2025). 11528.
https://knova.um.edu.my/research_publications_2021_2025/11528
Volume
38
Issue
1
First Page
142
Last Page
144
Publisher
Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine