Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
- Volume 37 Issue 1
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- Pages.51-53
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- 1999
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- 2982-5164(pISSN)
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- 1738-0006(eISSN)
An aural myiasis case in a 54-year-old male farmer in Korea
- Cho, Jin-Hak (Departments of Otorhinolaryngology, College of Medicine, Hallym University) ;
- Kim, Hyung-Baek (Departments of Otorhinolaryngology, College of Medicine, Hallym University) ;
- Cho, Chin-Saeng (Departments of Otorhinolaryngology, College of Medicine, Hallym University) ;
- Hun, Sun (Departments of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Hallym University) ;
- Ree, Han-Il (Department of Parasitology, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
- Published : 1999.03.01
Abstract
A 54-year-old male farmer residing in Chunchon, Korea. complaining of blood tinged discharge and tinnitus in the left ear for two days. was examined in August 16, 1996. Otoscopic examination revealed live maggots from the ear canal. The patient did not complain of any symptoms after removal of maggots. Five maggots recovered were identified as the third stage larvae of Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae). This is the first record of aural myiasis in Korea.