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Ignatzschineria larvae Bacteremia Following Lucilia sp. Myiasis in an Irregular Migrant: A Case Report

  • Nadrah, Kristina (Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Ljubljana) ;
  • Biskup, Urska Glinsek (Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana) ;
  • Spik, Vesna Cvitkovic (Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana) ;
  • Premru, Manica Muller (Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana) ;
  • Soba, Barbara (Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana)
  • Received : 2021.01.06
  • Accepted : 2021.03.23
  • Published : 2021.04.30
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Abstract

Bacteremia induced by wound myiasis is uncommon and therefore rarely suspected by clinicians when treating patients with neglected wounds. We present a case of Ignatzschineria larvae bacteremia as a complication of Lucilia sp. maggot wound myiasis in a young male migrant. This is the first reported human case of Ignatzschineria bacteremia in Slovenia and one of the 2 described in the literature where the fly larvae infesting the wounds of the patient with Ignatzschineria bacteremia were not only suspected to be Lucilia sp. but also entomologically identified.

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Acknowledgement

We would like to thank Luka Sparl for taking photos of Lucilia sp. larvae and Marko Kolenc for taking photos of Ignatzschineria larvae grown on agar plates. This work was supported by the Slovenian Research Agency (grant number P30083).

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