title: Myiasis in children: the Indian perspective.
abstract: A retrospective analysis of 94 cases of childhood myiasis admitted over a 6-year period is presented. Children formed 37.9% of all cases of myiasis. More than 50% of the children were less than 5 years of age and most (96.8%) belonged to a rural background. Of the 94 cases, 81 (86.16%) were of aural, 11 (11.7%) of nasal and 2 (2.12%) of ocular myiasis. The peak incidence was seen from September to October. The main symptoms in aural myiasis were passage of worms (81.48%), discharge (44.44%) and pain (41.97%). In nasal myiasis epistaxis (100%), foul smell (100%) passage of worms (90.9%) and pain (72.72%) were the prime presenting symptoms. All patients were treated with chloroform and turpentine oil in the ratio 1:4 which was followed by manual removal of the maggots and were made maggot-free in 2-3 days. No complications were seen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Medical College and Hospital, Rohtak, India.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gathwala
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wig
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Jakhar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009198:Myiasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012621:Seasons