Nosocomial oral myiasis in ICU patients: occurrence of three sequential cases

Nosocomial oral myiasis in ICU patients: occurrence of three sequential cases

Myiasis is the infestation of living vertebrates or humans tissues by dipterous larvae. The oral cavity is rarely affected by this infestation and the circumstances which can lead to oral myiasis include persistent mouth opening together with poor hygiene. Such infestations have been reported mainly...

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Main Authors: Leylabadlo, Hamed Ebrahimzadeh, Kafil, Hossein Samadi, Aghazadeh, Mohammad, Hazratian, Teimour
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2015-12-01
Series:GMS Hygiene and Infection Control
Subjects:
nosocomial myiasis
oral
hospital
flies
Online Access:http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/dgkh/2015-10/dgkh000259.shtml
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spelling doaj-5f4d5bf395ab43cf82f0ed26b73c269e2020-11-25T02:09:59ZdeuGerman Medical Science GMS Publishing HouseGMS Hygiene and Infection Control2196-52262015-12-0110Doc1610.3205/dgkh000259Nosocomial oral myiasis in ICU patients: occurrence of three sequential casesLeylabadlo, Hamed Ebrahimzadeh0Kafil, Hossein Samadi1Aghazadeh, Mohammad2Hazratian, Teimour3Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranDrug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranInfectious Disease and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranDepartment of Parasitology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranMyiasis is the infestation of living vertebrates or humans tissues by dipterous larvae. The oral cavity is rarely affected by this infestation and the circumstances which can lead to oral myiasis include persistent mouth opening together with poor hygiene. Such infestations have been reported mainly in developing countries such as in Asia. Although rare, nosocomial myiasis must be noted carefully, especially in case of hospitalized patients. This report describes three cases of nosocomial oral myiasis in hospitalized patients in ICU (intensive care unit) in Tabriz, North West of Iran.http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/dgkh/2015-10/dgkh000259.shtmlnosocomial myiasisoralhospitalflies
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author Leylabadlo, Hamed Ebrahimzadeh
Kafil, Hossein Samadi
Aghazadeh, Mohammad
Hazratian, Teimour
spellingShingle Leylabadlo, Hamed Ebrahimzadeh
Kafil, Hossein Samadi
Aghazadeh, Mohammad
Hazratian, Teimour
Nosocomial oral myiasis in ICU patients: occurrence of three sequential cases
GMS Hygiene and Infection Control
nosocomial myiasis
oral
hospital
flies
author_facet Leylabadlo, Hamed Ebrahimzadeh
Kafil, Hossein Samadi
Aghazadeh, Mohammad
Hazratian, Teimour
author_sort Leylabadlo, Hamed Ebrahimzadeh
title Nosocomial oral myiasis in ICU patients: occurrence of three sequential cases
title_short Nosocomial oral myiasis in ICU patients: occurrence of three sequential cases
title_full Nosocomial oral myiasis in ICU patients: occurrence of three sequential cases
title_fullStr Nosocomial oral myiasis in ICU patients: occurrence of three sequential cases
title_full_unstemmed Nosocomial oral myiasis in ICU patients: occurrence of three sequential cases
title_sort nosocomial oral myiasis in icu patients: occurrence of three sequential cases
publisher German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
series GMS Hygiene and Infection Control
issn 2196-5226
publishDate 2015-12-01
description Myiasis is the infestation of living vertebrates or humans tissues by dipterous larvae. The oral cavity is rarely affected by this infestation and the circumstances which can lead to oral myiasis include persistent mouth opening together with poor hygiene. Such infestations have been reported mainly in developing countries such as in Asia. Although rare, nosocomial myiasis must be noted carefully, especially in case of hospitalized patients. This report describes three cases of nosocomial oral myiasis in hospitalized patients in ICU (intensive care unit) in Tabriz, North West of Iran.
topic nosocomial myiasis
oral
hospital
flies
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