After consulting three specialist doctors and undergoing two antibiotic treatments, she was diagnosed with furuncular myiasis caused by
Dermatobia hominis. The parasites were excised with no complications.
(Panama: pollos) [1]; en este ultimo pais mencionado, similarmente en pollos, tambien se ha documentado infestaciones debidas a especies de Cuterebridae (
Dermatobia hominis) y taxones sin identificar de Sarcophagidae y Muscidae [1].
"The human botfly (
Dermatobia hominis) is a parasite native to Central and South America which needs a human or animal host to complete its life cycle.
In South America, the species that most frequently cause myiasis are
Dermatobia hominis and Cochliomyia hominivorax.
In fact, the only species belonging to Oestridae family that naturally infects carnivores is
Dermatobia hominis, although it mainly parasitizes herbivores [19].
SAN DIEGO--Identifying a botfly infestation can be the toughest part of treating it; it's not uncommon for travelers to return from Costa Rica, Belize, and other Central and South American countries with
Dermatobia hominis infestations, but clinicians in North America are not necessarily comfortable diagnosing them or removing the larvae, according to Dr.
External ophthalmomyiasis caused by
dermatobia hominis. A retrospective study of nine cases and a review of the literature.
In the literature, cases of urogenital myiasis caused by Sarcophaga spp., Megaselia scalaris, Thyrsocnema incisilobata, Lucilia sericata, Eristalis tenax,
Dermatobia hominis, Chrysomya bezziana, Fannia canilicularis and Psychoda albipennis (similar to our case) have been reported (3, 6-9).
[17.] Boggild AK, Keystone JS, Kain KC: Furuncular myiasis: A simple and rapid method for extraction of intact
Dermatobia Hominis larvae.
Todos os casos de lechiguana foram observados em animais provenientes de areas geograficamente localizadas onde o parasitismo por
Dermatobia hominis e frequente (RIET-CORREA et al., 1992).