Infantile Nosocomial Myiasis in Iran

Infantile Nosocomial Myiasis in Iran

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Myiasis, the invasion of live human tissue by larva of Diptera, is reported in the nasal cavity of a 5.5-year-old Iranian girl.She was referred from Magnetic Playboard Golestan Province to the Shaheed Rajaei Heart Center in Tehran.In the 41th day after admission, a live parasite was found in her nasal secretions suction identified presumably as a second instar larvae of a facultative myiasis, Woholfartia nuba (Diptera: Sarcophagidae),on the basis of mtDNA-COI and morphological characteristics.Since presence of Car Air Fresheners the larva was recordedafter hospitalization, by definition, this infestation is considered a nosocomial myiasis.