title: Case report: recovery of Calliphora vicina first-instar larvae from a human traumatic wound associated with a progressive necrotizing bacterial infection.
abstract: Human myiasis caused by Calliphora vicina is rare in Europe. Here we report a case of C. vicina infection occurring in the traumatic leg wound of a healthy 21-year-old man. Firstly, a progressive necrotizing infection developed in the wound despite administration of antibiotics. Aeromonas hydrophila was isolated from the wound samples. Secondly, during debridement, C. vicina first-instar larvae were isolated from the wound. To our knowledge, this is the first European case of C. vicina wound myiasis associated with severe A. hydrophila infection.
authors.affiliation: Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Faculté de Médecine and Intitute Pasteur de Lille, France. laurence-delhaes@pasteur-lille.fr
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Delhaes
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bourel
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Scala
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Muanza
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dutoit
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wattel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gosset
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Camus
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dei-Cas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016980:Aeromonas hydrophila / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004175:Diptera / Q000502:physiology*; D005360:Fibula / Q000293:injuries; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008684:Metatarsus / Q000293:injuries; D009198:Myiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000150:complications