A Case of Furuncular Myiasis Due to Cordylobia anthropophaga in a Korean Traveler Returning from Uganda.
10.3347/kjp.2017.55.3.327
- Author:
Su Min SONG
1
;
Shin Woo KIM
;
Youn Kyoung GOO
;
Yeonchul HONG
;
Meesun OCK
;
Hee Jae CHA
;
Dong Il CHUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Korea. dichung@knu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cordylobia anthropophaga;
myiasis;
furuncular myiasis;
molecular identification;
28S rRNA gene;
Korean traveler
- MeSH:
Adult;
Diptera;
Genes, rRNA;
Humans;
Korea;
Larva;
Leg;
Male;
Myiasis*;
Spine;
Uganda*
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2017;55(3):327-331
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A fly larva was recovered from a boil-like lesion on the left leg of a 33-year-old male on 21 November 2016. He has worked in an endemic area of myiasis, Uganda, for 8 months and returned to Korea on 11 November 2016. The larva was identified as Cordylobia anthropophaga by morphological features, including the body shape, size, anterior end, posterior spiracles, and pattern of spines on the body. Subsequent 28S rRNA gene sequencing showed 99.9% similarity (916/917 bp) with the partial 28S rRNA gene of C. anthropophaga. This is the first imported case of furuncular myiasis caused by C. anthropophaga in a Korean overseas traveler.
