A case report of nosocomial myiasis caused by Musca domestica and literature review

Abstract

Myiasis disease was defined by Zumpt as a parasitic invasion of the tissues of humans by diptereous larvae. Myiasis agents, affect mainly the uncovered areas of the body. In addition to their medical importance as mechanical vectors of parasitic disease agents’ dipteran true flies can make myiasis in hospital environment called nosocomial myiasis which is rarely reported. In this paper we report the first case of anal nosocomial myiasis in a Tunisian patient caused by Musca domestica.