title: Intestinal myiasis due to Eristalis tenax: report of a new case in Spain.
abstract: We describe a new case of accidental intestinal myiasis by Eristalis tenax in Spain. Only about 20 cases have been reported worldwide, two of them occurring in Spain. A 51-year-old patient with nonspecific abdominal pain and occasional diarrhoea expelled larvae in her stool. Macroscopic analysis of these larvae revealed morphology compatible with that of Eristalis tenax. The larva analysis showed its autofluorescence as parasitological feature described for the first time.
authors.affiliation: Area of Parasitology, Department of Microbiology, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zaragoza, Spain. aclavel@unizar.es
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clavel
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toledo
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Goñi
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aspiroz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000469:parasitology*; D007814:Larva / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008875:Middle Aged; D009198:Myiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology*; D013030:Spain