Eleven cases of accidental human myiasis since 1990

Abstract

Eleven cases of accidental myiasis caused by sarcophagid, calliphorid and stratiomyiid flies were reported. Among them, 4 cases were by Sarcophaga peregrina, 2 cases were by Sarcophaga similis and Lucilia sericata, respectively. Two unidentified cases by Sarcophaga spp. and 1 case by Hermetia illucens were included. As a recent tendency in incidence of accidental myiasis, many cases involved bedridden inpatients. In the present report, six out of 11 cases were bedridden inpatients.