[Human urinary myiasis caused by Fannia canicularis (Diptera, Muscidae) larvae in Algeria].
BACKGROUND
Human urinary myiasis is caused by fly larvae which complete their entire cycle in the human body.


METHODS
A 37-year-old woman living in a village near Sidi Bel Abbes (Algeria) developed a parasite syndrome caused by Fannia canicularis larvae. About twenty larvae specimens were collected during her hospitalization. Larvae were emitted for 2 weeks after a 6-day treatment with cefotaxime for urinary tract infection.


CONCLUSIONS
Urogenital myiasis is almost always subsequent to conditions of poor personal hygiene. In this case authentic larvae infestation was evidenced. The diagnosis of true urinary myiasis was confirmed by repeated emissions of different larval stages including the nymph.
Perez-Eid
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Unité d'Ecologie des Systèmes Vectoriels, Institut Pasteur, Paris.
Mouffok
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D000328:Adult; D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D009198:Myiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology
D002511:Cephalosporins; D002439:Cefotaxime