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Urogenital Myiasis Caused by Psychoda Albipennis: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Ersagun Karagüzel,
Ömer Kutlu,
Celal Kurtuluş Buruk,
Ali Ertan Okatan,
Güner Kemal Özgür
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of urological surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2148-9580
DOI - 10.4274/jus.360
Subject(s) - medicine , genitourinary system , myiasis , dermatology , anatomy , ecology , larva , biology
Urogenital myiasis is one of the parasitic diseases of the urinary system. We report a case of urogenital myiasis caused by Psychoda albipennis in a 64-year-old male patient. The patient who was admitted to our clinic with the complaints of dysuria and urinary discharge of larvae lasted for a month, brought along the larvae which were examined in the microbiology laboratory. The examination of larvae revealed that they were the fourth-stage larvae of the moth fly Psychoda albipennis. The patient, whose physical examination and laboratory investigations were normal, was treated with oral hydration, antiseptic and antibiotics

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