Korean J Parasitol.  2021 Apr;59(2):159-165. 10.3347/kjp.2021.59.2.159.

Ignatzschineria larvae Bacteremia Following Lucilia sp. Myiasis in an Irregular Migrant: A Case Report

• Nadrah K
• Biškup UG
• Špik VC
• Premru MM
• Šoba B

• KMID: 2515128
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2021.59.2.159

Abstract

Bacteremia induced by wound myiasis is uncommon and therefore rarely suspected by clinicians when treating patients with neglected wounds. We present a case of Ignatzschineria larvae bacteremia as a complication of Lucilia sp. maggot wound myiasis in a young male migrant. This is the first reported human case of Ignatzschineria bacteremia in Slovenia and one of the 2 described in the literature where the fly larvae infesting the wounds of the patient with Ignatzschineria bacteremia were not only suspected to be Lucilia sp. but also entomologically identified.

Keyword

Lucilia sp.; Ignatzschineria larvae; myiasis; bacteremia; migrant