A case of intestinal myiasis – fact or fiction?

Intestinal myiasis is the infestation of the human intestine with dipterous (ßy) larvae. In the case reported herein, a preserved faecal sample from a nine-year-old African refugee living in Tasmania, Australia, was submitted for routine parasitological screening. The specimen was found to contain ßy larvae, identiÞed as belonging to the the common bluebottle ßy, Calliphora vicina, a common species in Tasmania. It is unknown if this case was a facultative myiasis or a pseudomyiasis. This case demonstrates the difÞculties inherent in the differentiation of true intestinal myiasis and pseudomyiasis.

Annals of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine Inc

Annals of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine

11

1448-4706

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