A Case of Cutaneous Myiasis Caused by Cordylobia anthropophaga Larvae in a Korean Traveler Returning from Central Africa
- Title
- A Case of Cutaneous Myiasis Caused by Cordylobia anthropophaga Larvae in a Korean Traveler Returning from Central Africa
- Author
- 고주연
- Keywords
- Cordylobia anthropophaga; cutaneous; myiasis; Central Africa
- Issue Date
- 2018-04
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOC PARASITOLOGY
- Citation
- KOREAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY, v. 56, no. 2, page. 199-203
- Abstract
- The cutaneous myiasis has been rarely reported in the Republic of Korea. We intended to describe here a case of furuncular cutaneous myiasis caused by Cordylobia anthropophaga larvae in a Korean traveler returned from Central Africa. A patient, 55-year-old man, had traveled to Equatorial Guinea, in Central Africa for a month and just returned to Korea. Physical examinations showed 2 tender erythematous nodules with small central ulceration on the left buttock and thigh. During skin biopsy, 2 larvae came out from the lesion. C. anthropophaga was identified by paired mouth hooks (toothed, spade-like, oral hooklets) and 2 posterior spiracles, which lack a distinct chitinous rim. Although rarely described in Korea until now, cutaneous myiasis may be encountered more frequently with increasing international travel and exchange workers to tropical areas.
- URI
- http://parasitol.kr/journal/view.php?doi=10.3347/kjp.2018.56.2.199https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/118460
- ISSN
- 0023-4001; 1738-0006
- DOI
- 10.3347/kjp.2018.56.2.199
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