Umbilical myiasis with sepsis in a neonate

Authors

  • Monojit Mondal Department of Pediatric Medicine, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan
  • Tanmoy Biswas The West Bengal University of Health Sciences
  • Nayan Banerji Department of Pediatric Medicine, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan
  • Sayan Bose Department of Pediatric Medicine, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan
  • Biswajit Biswas Department of Pediatric Medicine, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan
  • Pijush Kanti Mandal Department of Medicine, ESI PGIMSR, Maniktala, Kolkata

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v5i4.10004

Keywords:

Myiasis, Neonate, Umbilical, Chrysomya

Abstract

Myiasis is the invasion of host’s tissues by the larval stage (maggot) of non?biting flies. It usually infects domestic and wild animals, but sometimes also affects human and is commonly found in the tropical and subtropical areas. Umbilical myiasis in the neonatal period associated with sepsis is a rare occurrence with few reported cases in the literature. We report a case of a 20?days?old neonate from a rural area of West Bengal, India, presented with neonatal sepsis due to umbilical myiasis caused by larval form of blow fly (Chrysomya megacephala).

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v5i4.10004

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences 2014 Vol.5(4); 106-107

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Author Biographies

Monojit Mondal, Department of Pediatric Medicine, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan

 

Tanmoy Biswas, The West Bengal University of Health Sciences

Post-graduate trainee , Department of Pediatric Medicine , Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan , India. 

Biswajit Biswas, Department of Pediatric Medicine, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan

 

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Published

2014-05-17

How to Cite

Mondal, M., Biswas, T., Banerji, N., Bose, S., Biswas, B., & Mandal, P. K. (2014). Umbilical myiasis with sepsis in a neonate. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 5(4), 106–107. https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v5i4.10004

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 4 (2014)

Section

Case Reports

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