Maggots do not survive in pyoderma gangrenosum.
Application of maggots is well established in wound therapy. We report upon 2 patients with leg ulcers due to pyoderma gangrenosum who received immunosuppressive therapy and in whom a reduced survival of maggots (Lucilia sericata sp.) led to ineffectiveness of this therapy.
Renner
Regina
R
Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. regina.renner@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
Treudler
Regina
R
Simon
Jan C
JC
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods*; D004175:Diptera / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D017511:Pyoderma Gangrenosum / Q000628:therapy*