Intestinal Myiasis in a Malaysian Patient Caused by Larvae of Clogmia albipunctatus (Diptera:Psychodidae)

Aida Syafinaz Mokhtar, Kamil Ali Obeid Braima, How Peng Chin, John Jeffery, Siti Nursheena Mohd Zain, Mahmud Rohela, Yee Ling Lau, Ibrahim Jamaiah, John James Wilson, Noraishah Mydin Abdul-Aziz

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Abstract

We report a case of human intestinal myiasis in a 41-yr-old female patient presented at a clinic in Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia. Larvae passed out in the patient's feces were sent to the Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. DNA barcoding confirmed the second case of intestinal myiasis in Malaysia involving the larvae of Clogmia albipunctatus (Duckhouse) (Diptera: Psychodidae). We review reported cases of myiasis and discuss the present case of intestinal myiasis in an urban patient.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)957-960
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Medical Entomology
Volume53
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2016
Externally publishedYes

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