title: Larval vomiting during a mission in Haïti.
abstract: Following an original case report of massive regurgitation of maggots and the difficulty of medical management, we return to the fecal contamination problem for troops in the field. The survey of maggots has allowed for the diagnosis of contamination by ingestion of house fly eggs as a major infection vector. The successive ingestion of anti-acid and gastric dressing can induce an important diminution of gastric acidity that can allow for the proliferation of germs. In an operational context or natural catastrophe andin addition to field hygiene rules that are very important, it can also be useful to propose exclusive field rationsfor few daysin order to limit the interhuman contamination.
authors.affiliation: Centre médical des Armées (CMA) Calvi, camp Raffalli, 20260 Calvi, France, Service de santé des Armées, Centre médical des Armées (CMA) Marseille, caserne Audeoud, 111 avenue de la Corse, 130568 Marseille cedex 2, France, Peypin, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aigle
authors.affiliation: Centre médical des Armées (CMA) Calvi, camp Raffalli, 20260 Calvi, France, Service de santé des Armées, Centre médical des Armées (CMA) Marseille, caserne Audeoud, 111 avenue de la Corse, 130568 Marseille cedex 2, France, Peypin, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Castello
authors.affiliation: Centre médical des Armées (CMA) Calvi, camp Raffalli, 20260 Calvi, France, Service de santé des Armées, Centre médical des Armées (CMA) Marseille, caserne Audeoud, 111 avenue de la Corse, 130568 Marseille cedex 2, France, Peypin, France.
authors.forename: A-L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Breton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006205:Haiti; D006793:Houseflies; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D014839:Vomiting / Q000469:parasitology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Haïti; fecal contamination; infection by house fly egg; vomiting