Human Urinary Myiasis Caused by Eristalis tenax in Palestine: A Case Report
Abstract
In humans and other mammals, urinary myiasis can be rarely caused by Eristalis tenax, which belongs to the order Diptera. In this case, we report a 21-year-old woman with this myiasis. She was complaining of dysuria and bilateral Costo-lumbar pain. The larva in her urine sample was identified as E. tenax associated with its typical morphology.
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2. Rotheray GE, Gilbert F. The Natural His-tory of Hoverflies. Tresaith, Wale: Forrest Text; 2011.
3. Hamed RA, Hamid RA, Hamid N. Second Report of Accidental Intestinal Myiasis due to Eristalis tenax (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Iran, 2015. Case reports in Emergency Medicine. 2017; 2017, p. 3754180.
4. Derraik JG, Heath AC, Rademaker M. Human myiasis in New Zealand: imported and indigenously-acquired cases: the spe-cies of concern and clinical aspects. N Z Med J. 2010; Sep;123(1322):21–38.
5. Whish-Wilson PB. A possible case of in-testinal myiasis due to Eristalis tenax. Med J Aust. 2000; 173, p. 652.
6. González MM, Comte MG, Monárdez PJ, Díaz de Valdés LM, Matamala CI. [Acci-dental genital myiasis by Eristalis tenax]. Rev Chil Infectol organo Of la Soc Chil In-fectol. 2009; Jun;26(3):270–2.
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| Issue | Vol 18 No 1 (2023) | |
| Section | Case Report(s) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v18i1.12392 | |
| Keywords | ||
| Myiasis Eristalis Urinary | ||
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Basha W. Human Urinary Myiasis Caused by Eristalis tenax in Palestine: A Case Report. Iran J Parasitol. 2023;18(1):129-131.
