An Obstinate Case of Intestinal Myiasis

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Article1 January 1933An Obstinate Case of Intestinal MyiasisW. B. HERMS, M.A., Q. O. GILBERT, M.D., F.A.C.P.W. B. HERMS, M.A.Search for more papers by this author, Q. O. GILBERT, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-6-7-941 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptBy the term myiasis is usually meant the invasion of organs or tissues of animals including man by the larvae of flies belonging to the order Diptera. Although there are a number of species of flies, notably the Oestridae (bots, warbles, etc.), in which this invasion is an obligatory form of parasitism there are many more species in which this is an accidental relationship, i.e., the normal existence is free-living and invasion of the internal organs of higher animals is through ingestion of infested food or drink, or ingress through wounds or the natural openings (nasal and anal).Among the...References1 THÉBAULT V: Hémorrhagie intestinale et affection typoïde causée par des larves de diptere, Arch. Parasitol., 1901, iv, 353-361. Google Scholar2 RILEYJOHANNSEN WAOA: Medical entomology; insects and allied forms which affect the health of man and animals, 1932, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, viii, 467. Google Scholar3 PARKER GH: Possible pedogenesis in the blow-fly. Calliphora erythrocephala Meigen, Psyche, 1922, xxxix, 127-131. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From the Medical Entomology Laboratory of the Division of Entomology and Parasitology, University of California.Presented at the Sixteenth Annual Clinical Session of the American College of Physicians, Berkeley, California, April 5, 1932. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByIntestinal myiasisMyiasis: The Rise and Fall of Maggot TherapyMaggot therapy: a review of the therapeutic applications of fly larvae in human medicine, especially for treating osteomyelitisA CASE OF ENDEMIC CUTANEOUS MYIASIS.Gastrointestinal MyiasisIntestinal Myiasis of a Human Caused by Maggots of the Flesh-fly, Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis (Fin.) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), in Southwestern OntarioArthropoden als Krankheitserreger und -überträgerANOTHER CASE OF INTESTINAL MYIASIS*MARCUS W. LYON JR., M.D., JOHN D. MIZELLE, PH.D. 1 January 1933Volume 6, Issue 7Page: 941-945KeywordsFoodIngestionParasitologyResearch laboratories Issue Published: 1 January 1933 PDF DownloadLoading ...