title: Human Nasal Myiasis Caused byOestrus ovisin the Highlands of Cusco, Peru: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature.
abstract: Myiasis is the infestation by dipterous larvae. The larvae can infect intact or decaying tissue including the skin or epithelial surfaces of the orbits, nose, and genitourinary and gastrointestinal tracts. We report a case of primary obligatory nasal myiasis byOestrus ovisin a 56-year-old man from Cusco in Peru. He presented with nasal pruritus, congestion, and sneezing white "cottony" material. The material was identified asO. ovislarvae. A literature review of publications reporting nasal myiasis caused byO. ovisis presented.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-9192-2622
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hoyer
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: R R
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-9472-6157
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: Tropical Medicine Institute, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Cusco Branch, Cusco, Peru.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.affiliation: Tropical Medicine Institute, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Cusco Branch, Cusco, Peru; Infectious Disease Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: M M
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-2545-6197
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Cabada